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Behind the syringe and vial is an image of a lymph node. Structures called follicles are labeled in blue. Within these…

A two-dose schedule could make HIV vaccines more effective

September 26, 2024

MIT researchers, including at IMES, find that the first dose primes the immune system, helping it to generate a strong response to the second dose, a week later.

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Enhancing LLM collaboration for smarter, more efficient solutions

September 18, 2024

“Co-LLM” algorithm helps a general-purpose AI model collaborate with an expert large language model by combining the best parts of both answers, leading to more factual responses.

In new research led by MIT scientists, virus-like particles (dark gray) coated in glycans (green) were administered via…

A new way to reprogram immune cells and direct them toward anti-tumor immunity

September 18, 2024

The discovery of MIT scientists, including from IMES, yields a potent immune response, which could be used to develop a potential tumor vaccine.

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School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in spring 2024

September 13, 2024

Members of MIT’s School of Engineering, including at IMES, were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in the spring of 2024.

In hope of finding a thalamic stimulation current level that wouldn't trigger seizures, researchers progressively titrated…

Study assesses seizure risk from stimulating the thalamus

September 9, 2024

In animal models, even low stimulation currents can sometimes still cause electrographic seizures, researchers, including at IMES, found.

“We're looking at things ranging from gene editing in the lungs to immunotherapy and thinking about new cancer treatments,”…

Designing better delivery for medical therapies

August 30, 2024

HST MD/PhD student Sayo Eweje seeks to develop new technologies for delivering RNA and protein therapies directly to the body’s cells.

The medical simulators Ellen Roche works on greatly facilitate and improve the testing of patient interventions — and may…

Engineering and matters of the heart

August 23, 2024

Professor Ellen Roche is creating the next generation of medical devices to help repair hearts, lungs, and other tissues.

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Alex Shalek named director of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science

August 9, 2024

Professor who uses a cross-disciplinary approach to understand human diseases on a molecular and cellular level succeeds Elazer R. Edelman.

During major surgery or intensive care, patients sometimes experience critical changes in blood pressure. Treating the…

New method enables fast, accurate estimates of cardiovascular state to inform blood pressure management

August 1, 2024

A mathematical method, validated with experimental data, provides a fast, reliable, and minimally invasive way of determining how to treat critical blood pressure changes during surgery or intensive care.

HST MEMP Omar Abudayyeh

License plates of MIT

July 23, 2024

Custom plates display expressions of scholarship, creativity, and MIT pride among Institute affiliates. 

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