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  • A new approach against Salmonella and other pathogens

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    11.17.2016

    Immunization strategy could prevent gastrointestinal disease.

  • A step toward biodegradable plastics

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    11.17.2016

    Chemists discover structure of bacterial enzyme that generates useful polymers.

  • Honoring climate change agreements will save millions of lives

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    11.18.2016

    If an infection disease was killing 7 million people a year, it would be ludicrous to work to allay its impact decades from now rather … READ MORE

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  • An Element of Caution

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    10.25.2016

    Could chemicals key to sustainable technologies pose unseen environmental risks?

  • Study Of Breast Cancer Treatment Reveals Paradox Of Precision Medicine

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    09.01.2016

    A major study about the best way to treat early-stage breast cancer reveals that "precision medicine" doesn't provide unambiguous answers about how to choose the best therapy.

  • Cancer-fighting bacteria

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    07.27.2016

    Engineers program E. coli to destroy tumor cells
     

  • CEE announces new leadership appointments

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    07.26.2016

    Professor Colette Heald will serve as associate department head; Profess Jesse Kroll will chair the Graduate Education Committee.

  • MIT Researchers Aim to Conduct Health Checkup on CIty in Its Sewers

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    06.26.2016

    "Human waste in sewage may yield insights on disease outbreaks, superbugs and other health issues."  Read the WSJ article.
     

  • Educate your immune system

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    06.05.2016

    A specific type of stimulus of the immune system in early life leads to a healthy adulthood.  Read More.

  • The Story Behind the E.P.A’s Contaminated Water Revelation

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    05.27.2016

    More than five million people have been drinking water contaminated with two perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs.  Read the New York Times Magazine story here.

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