POSTS TAGGED AS MIT

Fanzors: Programmable RNAs

Programmable RNA-guided DNA endonucleases are widespread in eukaryotes and their viruses
“Here, we [at the McGovern Brain Institute, MIT] characterize Fanzors [MORE]

Smart Pill Colonoscopy

From left, team members Qijun Liu of Boston University, Maria Eugenia Inda of MIT, and Miguel Jimenez of MIT pose [MORE]

Sensor Distinguishes Viral from Bacterial Pneumonia

Nanoparticle sensors differentiate bacterial and viral pneumonia
“Using five mouse models of pneumonia caused by three different bacteria and two viruses, [MORE]

Digital Touch

Tactile sensors for Robots
“The DIGIT touch sensor is based on the GelSight style of sensor, which was first conceptualized at [MORE]

3D Printed Bioreactor for Organoid Culturing

“Researchers at MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed a 3D-printed microfluidic bioreactor that can be used [MORE]

Reducing COVID-19 Aerosol Particles

FEND nasal spray
“In a paper published in Molecular Frontiers Journal, researchers from Cambridge, Massachusetts have discovered a more effective way [MORE]

Raman Spectroscopy for Finger Glucose Monitoring

MIT non-invasive glucose testing
Engineers at MIT and Samsung report this: “we demonstrate the first direct observation of glucose Raman peaks [MORE]

Ultra-Miniaturized Endoscope

Images from lensless computational microendoscope
A collaboration between optical engineers in Boston and Baltimore have designed a minimally invasive, lens-free, computational [MORE]

Breaking Down Ingestible Devices

MIT Light trigger breaks down ingestible medical devices
In this piece, MIT engineers “describe the development of a modular and tunable [MORE]

A Magnetic Fluid that Staunches Blood Loss

Injectable magnetic fluid to stop blood loss
To temporarily (30 minutes) stop hemorrhage in an emergency situation, MIT researchers have developed [MORE]

Increased Hydrogel Versatility for Gene Editing

 
Sequence-directed gel degradation
MIT bioengineers have “created a system for making DNA-containing gels that are capable of responding to nearly any [MORE]

“Prime Editing” with CRISPR

 
Prime editing system
MIT and Harvard researchers have developed a new means of CRISPR gene editing that they believe could correct [MORE]

A Simple Cancer Urine Test

Urine test for cancer
“Researchers at Imperial College London and MIT have developed a simple cancer urine test based on injected [MORE]

Robotic Catheter for Clearing Brain Clots

Robotic guidewire to clear brain clots
“Engineers at MIT have now developed a steerable guidewire that responds to a magnetic field [MORE]