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Ingestible Capsule for mRNA Delivery

Pill that releases mRNA in the stomach to administer vaccines or treat GI disease
“Here, we [engineers at MIT] describe orally [MORE]

Surgical “Duct Tape”

Surgical Duct Tape Quickly Seals Intestinal Leaks
“Researchers at MIT have created a surgical tape that can seal leaks and tears [MORE]

Possible Quantum Sensor for SARS-CoV-2

 
Sensor based on quantum physics could detect SARS-CoV-2
“Researchers at MIT have designed a quantum sensor to detect SARS-CoV-2. . . [MORE]

A Carbon Nanotube Sensor for COVID

Carbon Nanotube Sensor Detects SARS-CoV-2 Within 5 Minutes
“Scientists at MIT announced the development of a rapid COVID-19 test that can [MORE]

“Automated Discovery:” Artificial Intelligence Applied to 3D Printing

Scientist apply AI to 3D printing
“We [MIT] propose a machine learning approach to accelerating the discovery of additive manufacturing materials [MORE]

Growing Pancreatic Organoids

MIT Pancreatic organoids
“The gel they [engineers at MIT] developed is based on polyethylene glycol (PEG), a polymer that is often [MORE]

Synthetic Biology “Circuits” to Detect Disease States

 
Synthetic biology
MIT engineers have created synthetic biology “circuits” that could pave the way for implantable sensors that detect heart pathologies [MORE]

A Stent with “Spines” for Drug Delivery

Kirigami stent
“Researchers at MIT have developed a kirigami-style stent that can provide localized drug delivery through needle-like projections that pop [MORE]

As Good as a Dog’s Nose

Urine to detect prostate cancer
From MIT engineers: “We tested the clinical feasibility of a cross-disciplinary, integrative approach to early prostate [MORE]

Identifying Melanoma with a Smartphone

Automated melanoma detection
Research from engineers at MIT “describes the development of the tool using a branch of artificial intelligence called [MORE]

CRISPR’s On-Off Switch

 
CRISPR Off On switch
MIT and University of California at San Francisco have developed a process that better controls CRISPR gene [MORE]

Semi-Synthetic Biology—“JCVI-syn3A”

Synthetic cell growing and dividing
From the J. Craig Venter Institute and collaborators at NIST and MIT comes this: “For the [MORE]

AI in Monitoring Self-Dosing

Assessing medication self-administration using AI
Computer/artificial intelligence researchers at MIT “present a contactless and unobtrusive artificial intelligence (AI) framework that can [MORE]

Direct Cell Reprogramming for Muscle Regeneration

Bioengineered hybrid muscle fiber
A research collaboration between scientists at Yonsei University in South Korea and MIT sought to address volumetric [MORE]