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MIT begins testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19 on campus
The pilot project is designed to determine if wastewater testing can provide early signals about the spread of the virus. Read More
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Tracking strains predicts personal microbiomes and reveals recent adaptive evolution
An individual's microbiome consists of a diverse set of bacterial strains that encode rich information on its colonization and evolutionary history. Here, we introduce a versatile and straightforward reference-based strain tracking approach (StrainTrack) that determines whether distinct metagenomes carry closely-related strains based on gene presence and absence profiles. Read More
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New antibodies in just months
A faster way to develop immune-stimulating drugs has yielded a potential treatment for yellow fever and holds promise for covid-19. Read More
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Peat’s Sake
Satellite imaging documents the environmentally devastating loss of Southeast Asia’s peatlands. Read More
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Rapid antibody development yields possible treatment for yellow fever
An international team of researchers, led by MIT Professor Ram Sasisekharan, has now developed a potential treatment for yellow fever. Their drug, an engineered monoclonal antibody that targets the virus, has shown success in early-stage clinical trials in Singapore. Read More
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Rapid antibody development yields possible treatment for yellow fever
An international team of researchers, led by MIT Professor Ram Sasisekharan, has now developed a potential treatment for yellow fever. Their drug, an engineered monoclonal antibody that targets the virus, has shown success in early-stage clinical trials in Singapore. Read More
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MIT Indian American Researcher Sangeeta Bhatia’s Study Shows Exhaled Biomarkers Could Reveal Lung Disease
An Indian American-led research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, using specialized nanoparticles, has developed a way to monitor pneumonia or other lung diseases by analyzing the breath exhaled by the patient.
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Exhaled biomarkers can reveal lung disease
Specialized nanoparticles create a “breath signal” that could be used to diagnose pneumonia and other infectious or genetic diseases. Read More
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Engineers use “DNA origami” to identify vaccine design rules
In lab tests, virus-like DNA structures coated with viral proteins provoke a strong immune response in human B cells. Read More
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Peatland drainage in Southeast Asia adds to climate change
Study reveals drainage, deforestation of the region’s peatlands, which leads to fires, greenhouse emissions, land subsidence. Read More
