MIT Develops a Synthetic Gene Circuit to Trigger Immune System Attack on Cancer
MIT researchers have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body’s immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs of the disease. The…
MIT researchers have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body’s immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs of the disease. The…
In a newly published study, biomolecular engineers and doctors demonstrated a therapeutic material that could one day promote better tissue regeneration following a wound or…
By tampering with the surface properties of drug-loaded nanoparticles, researchers from Yale University can potentially direct these particles to specific cells in the brain. By…
Engineers from MIT have developed a nanofluidic device that enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells. Drugs manufactured by living cells, also…
A team of researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed an in vitro model of the human kidney glomerulus, which could…
Engineers from MIT have discovered a way to make “quantum dots” that emit infrared light when injected into the body, providing researchers with highly detailed…
A team of chemical engineers from MIT has designed a new technique that allows them to dramatically boost bacteria’s production of useful chemicals by shutting…
A team of researchers has demonstrated, for the first time, that photo luminescent carbon nanoparticles can exhibit reversible switching of their optical properties in cancer…
Engineers from MIT have developed a way to isolate genetic circuits within individual synthetic “cells,” preventing the circuits from disrupting each other. Synthetic biology allows…
By embedding spinach leaves with carbon nanotubes, engineers transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld…
An international team of engineers has developed an antimicrobial peptide that can destroy many types of bacteria, including some that are resistant to most antibiotics….
Using a new gene editing strategy, researchers from Yale University can correct mutations that cause thalassemia, a form of anemia. Their gene editing technique provided…
Engineers from Harvard University have made the first entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensing. Using a fully automated, digital manufacturing procedure, the 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip can…
Using a combination of four different therapies, researchers from MIT reveal a new treatment that destroys tumors in mice. Harnessing the body’s own immune system…
New research from Yale University shows that a molecule that transports oxygen in blood could be key to developing the next generation of batteries. Lithium-oxygen…
A team of scientists from UC San Diego have discovered an easy and efficient way to coax human pluripotent stem cells to regenerate bone tissue…
Newly published research details how biological engineers from MIT developed a way to record complex histories in the DNA of human cells, allowing them to…
A newly published study details how engineers developed programmable RNA vaccines that work against Ebola, H1N1 influenza, and common parasites in mice. MIT engineers have…