Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship celebrates 50 years
Named for the pioneering medical researcher, the Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship is one of the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education’s (ODGE) most prestigious awards. A famed urologist, Young was not only an innovator in medical science, his curiosity and intellectual drive also stirred him in other endeavors such…
Read MoreDiagnosing cancer with help from bacteria
Engineers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have devised a new way to detect cancer that has spread to the liver, by enlisting help from probiotics — beneficial bacteria similar to those found in yogurt. Many types of cancer, including colon and pancreatic, tend to…
Read MoreDesigning better medical implants
Biomedical devices that can be implanted in the body for drug delivery, tissue engineering, or sensing can help improve treatment for many diseases. However, such devices are often susceptible to attack by the immune system, which can render them useless. A team of MIT researchers has come up with a…
Read MoreHST Faculty Member Dava Newman Confirmed as Nasa Deputy Administrator
The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed the appointment of MIT Professor Dava Newman as NASA deputy administrator, the agency’s number-two position. The appointment will become official when signed by President Obama. Newman is a professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems. On the MIT faculty since 1993, she…
Read MoreMercedes Balcells-Camps speaks at La Caixa award ceremony in Barcelona
On April 10, Mercedes Balcells-Camps, research scientist with the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT, spoke at the La Caixa Fellowships award ceremony in Barcelona, where the king and queen of Spain were among the audience of political heads and awardees. Sponsored by the La Caixa Banking Foundation,…
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