Faculty Spotlight: Kwanghun Chung
The quest to understand the brain: IMES Core Faculty Kwanghun Chung wants to—quite literally—shed more light on the brain, to help unlock the mysteries of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, like autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. “We want to see inside, right? That has been the dream of biologists. We want…
Read MoreMajor step for implantable drug-delivery device
An implantable, microchip-based device may soon replace the injections and pills now needed to treat chronic diseases: Earlier this month, MIT spinout Microchips Biotech partnered with a pharmaceutical giant to commercialize its wirelessly controlled, implantable, microchip-based devices that store and release drugs inside the body over many years. Invented by…
Read MoreResearchers develop a new means of killing harmful bacteria
The global rise in antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, damaging our ability to fight deadly infections such as tuberculosis. What’s more, efforts to develop new antibiotics are not keeping pace with this growth in microbial resistance, resulting in a pressing need for new approaches to tackle…
Read MoreImproving prevention of and responses to flu outbreaks
How can we better avoid the flu? A new paper co-authored by researchers at MIT examines the best ways to reduce the likelihood that individuals and groups will become infected with the flu, both by diligent use of non-pharmeceutical interventions (NPIs) and by effective deployments of vaccine. The paper, “Engineering…
Read MoreHST MEMP Student on Winning Team in MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Team developing drones that scan and monitor crop health takes grand prize at 25th annual competition. Drones are positioned to change people’s lives, with tech giants building unpiloted aerial vehicles to deliver packages to homes or provide Internet access across the globe. Using that idea as a jumping-off point, RaptorMaps, an…
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