An MIT team has created polymers that replicate the structure of mucins, the molecules that give mucus its unique antimicrobial properties.
MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that stops mice from mating with others that appear to be sick.
How people interpret musical notes depends on the types of music they have listened to, researchers find.
New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses.
New nanoparticles weaken tumor-cell defenses, then strike with chemotherapy drug.
New MIT particles could be used to deliver cancer drugs to nearly any type of tumor.
Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes.
Study yields clues into how nitrogenase, an enzyme critical for life, converts nitrogen into ammonia.
Study finds specific cells in the lungs, nasal passages, and intestines that are more susceptible to infection.
By making the microbes more tolerant to toxic byproducts, researchers show they can use a wider range of feedstocks, beyond corn.
Study suggests a common mechanism underlies some behavioral traits seen in autism and schizophrenia.
Researchers find three immunotherapy drugs given together can eliminate pancreatic tumors in mice.
Vaccinating against certain proteins found on cancer cells could help to enhance the T cell response to tumors.
A new study shows a link between patient survival and changes in tumor cell mass after glioblastoma treatment.
We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.
By combining chemotherapy, tumor injury, and immunotherapy, researchers show that the immune system can be re-engaged to destroy tumors in mice.
A new study finds cutting off cells’ supplies of lipids can slow the growth of tumors in mice.
Neuroscientists find the internal workings of next-word prediction models resemble those of language-processing centers in the brain.
The findings may help explain why some people who lead enriching lives are less prone to Alzheimer’s and age-related dementia.
Human neurons have fewer ion channels, which might have allowed the human brain to divert energy to other neural processes.