As the immune system weakens with age, researchers have found a way to temporarily boost its function by reprogramming liver cells to support T-cell development.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s first-ever vice president for equity and inclusion announced his resignation on Friday, according to an internal message from MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies solving the world’s most urgent problems, announced the ...

Last month, MIT announced that it had bestowed the title of Institute Professor, its highest faculty honor, to three longtime professors. The announcement represents the first time MIT has named new ...

MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we treat hundreds of genetic diseases. By fine-tuning the tiny molecular “tools ...

Researchers developed a manufacturing technique that rapidly generates large quantities of nanoparticles coated with drug-delivering polymers, which hold great potential for treating cancer. The ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A three-year research program led by faculty at MIT aims to design the world’s first fully integrated, continuous mRNA manufacturing platform, in an $82 million effort funded by the U ...

After over a year of disputes, the Broad Institute—a genetics research center affiliated with Harvard and MIT—won the right to keep its patent for CRISPR, a groundbreaking gene-editing technology, in ...

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Since the covid-19 pandemic took hold in the US, most of us stuck at home have found that all the days seem the same. For Elazer R. Edelman ’78, SM ’79, PhD ’84, every day is completely different—but ...