Good medicine
Varesh Prasad, an MIT graduate student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, is creating a multidisciplinary future in health care. “Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a physicist!” The cry by Leonard “Bones” McCoy of the original “Star Trek” television series became code for “that’s not in…
Read MoreImplantable device targets pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, in part because it is very difficult for chemotherapy drugs to reach the pancreas, which is located deep within the abdomen. To help overcome that obstacle, researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have now developed…
Read MoreThree HST MD Students Win Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, the premier graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants, has announced their 2016 recipients. The thirty awardees include three Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) students, selected for their potential to make significant contributions to US society, culture, or…
Read MoreCollins appointed 2016 Allen Distinguished Investigator
James Collins, Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, Institute Member of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, and Core Founding Faculty at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has…
Read MoreTaking on melanoma, one cell at a time
In step toward personalized medicine, researchers are using single-cell analysis to unravel cancer’s secrets. The following is adapted from a Q&A published today by the Broad Institute. Single-cell analysis is a groundbreaking approach now being used across biological fields to explore a common problem: how to study cellular diversity in cell environments…
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