IMES Professor Alex Shalek wins 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship
The Institute for Medical Engineering and Science’s Alex K. Shalek, is among the eight MIT researchers awarded with the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship. Professor Shalek is the Hermann L.F. von Helmholtz Career Development Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and Technology as well as an assistant professor of chemistry. Awarded annually…
Read MoreArup Chakraborty elected to National Academy of Medicine
Arup K. Chakraborty, the Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering and founding director of MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in recognition of his distinguished contributions to medicine and health. Chakraborty, a professor of physics, chemistry, and biological…
Read MoreMy accidental success: How I became Head Team Physician for the New England Patriots
Mark D. Price’s colleagues will tell you that he is a top notch guy—a stellar student who earned both MD and PhD degrees from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program (HST) and an all-around fascinating human being who is a Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves, received the Bronze…
Read MoreIngestible drug-delivery materials may help patients comply with treatment regimens
Hydrogel-based capsules could expand and reside in the GI tract for days, slowly releasing medication. Around half of all medications for chronic diseases are not taken as prescribed, costing the U.S. health care system more than $100 billion in avoidable hospital stays each year. This noncompliance is even more significant…
Read MoreStudy offers guidance for targeting residual ovarian tumors
Most women diagnosed with ovarian cancer undergo surgery to remove as many of the tumors as possible. However, it is usually impossible to eliminate all of the cancer cells because they have spread throughout the abdomen. Surgery is therefore followed by 18 weeks of chemotherapy. Delivering chemotherapy drugs directly to…
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