MIT News: Prof Timothy K. Lu
A team of researchers at MIT, the University of Brasilia, and the University of British Columbia has now engineered an antimicrobial peptide that can destroy many types of bacteria, including some that are resistant to most antibiotics. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Leona Samson & Prof Doug Lauffenburger
BE researchers have now developed a way to test cells’ ability to perform several different types of DNA repair, and to use that information to predict how tumors will respond to a particular drug. Learn More
MIT Spectrum: Prof John Essigmann & Prof Bevin Engelward
Could the chemicals key to sustainable technologies pose unseen environmental risks? Learn More
Feng Zhang Receives 2016 Robertson Stem Cell Prize
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) announced that Feng Zhang is the 2016 recipient of the NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize for his pioneering advances to edit human and plant genomes using CRISPR-Cas9. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Darrell Irvine & Prof Dane Wittrup
BE researchers used a combination of four different therapies to activate both of the immune system’s two branches, producing a coordinated attack that led to the complete disappearance of large, aggressive tumors in mice. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Alan Jasanoff
Jasanoff Lab develops imaging technique that maps serotonin dynamics in the living brain. Learn More