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Nov 24, 2022
Known as PASTE, the technique holds potential for treating a variety of diseases caused by faulty genes.    
Nov 21, 2022
Researchers harness new pooled, image-based screening method to probe the functions of over 5,000 essential genes in human cells.
Oct 28, 2022
Using biological, chemical, and engineering tools, she has developed strategies to attack molecules once thought to be “undruggable.”
Oct 24, 2022
Fourteen faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the MIT School of Engineering.
Oct 3, 2022
MIT events illuminate critical need for menstruation science.
Sep 6, 2022
Using protein structures generated by the AI software AlphaFold, MIT researchers investigated whether existing computational models could identify the mechanisms of action of antibacterial compounds.
Aug 29, 2022
Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.
Aug 29, 2022
Short of a biopsy, there’s currently no screening method or diagnostic test for ovarian cancer, the fifth-leading cause of cancer deaths among women.
Aug 15, 2022
The computational structural biology researcher continues to serve the department and the MIT life sciences community.
Jun 17, 2022
Mucus keeps the microbiome healthy. Now scientists have clues about how it stops good microbes from going bad.