New study sheds light on role of mutations in metastasized cancer
Approximately 95% of cancer mortality is caused by metastasis. This fact is what motivates many cancer researchers to focus on finding new ways to stop or kill the growth of metastatic cancer cells. A new paper published in Nature Genetics focuses on research done to find out how cancers metastasize using new next-generation sequencing…
Read MoreSupporting clinical research with the MIMIC-III Critical Care Database
Crowdsourcing clinical data using MIMIC-III could vastly improve research and critical care decisions Critical care decisions in modern day intensive care units (ICUs) are made every day by doctors who rely on decades of studies and clinical trials to inform them of the most effective treatments for these patients, yet…
Read MoreA strategy for “convergence” research to transform biomedicine
What if lost limbs could be regrown? Cancers detected early with blood or urine tests, instead of invasive biopsies? Drugs delivered via nanoparticles to specific tissues or even cells, minimizing unwanted side effects? While such breakthroughs may sound futuristic, scientists are already exploring these and other promising techniques. But the…
Read MoreKwanghun Chung receives McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award
Kwanghun (KC) Chung, investigator of neuroscience at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, core faculty of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and an assistant professor in the MIT departments of Chemical Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, was selected to receive a 2016 McKnight Technological Innovations in…
Read MoreJohn Gabrieli Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
John Gabrieli, the Grover M. Herman Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences as well as the Director of the Martinos Imaging Center at MIT, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, and Behavioral Biology section….
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