Using this approach, researchers hope to deliver therapeutic RNA molecules selectively to cancer cells or other target cells.
A new analysis reveals how Staphylococcus aureus gains mutations that allow it to colonize eczema patches.
The printer generates vaccine-filled microneedle patches that can be stored long-term at room temperature and applied to the skin.
The technology, which mimics the body’s natural clotting process, could help keep severely injured people alive until they are treated at a hospital.
The new diagnostic, which is based on analysis of urine samples, could also be designed to reveal whether a tumor has metastasized.
The device, which uses electricity to boost hormone production in the stomach, could help to ease nausea and counteract appetite loss.
The system measures biological and environmental changes, and detects contact between the mask and the wearer’s skin.
Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.
Using ultrasonic waves that propel drug molecules into the skin, the patch could be used to treat a variety of skin conditions.
These highly stable metal-organic frameworks could be useful for applications such as capturing greenhouse gases.
The peptide blocks a hyperactive brain enzyme that contributes to the neurodegeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
Neurons that form part of a memory circuit are among the first brain cells to show signs of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease.
In a new study, immunostimulatory drugs slowed tumor growth without producing systemic inflammation.
Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.
Among adults who vary in their knowledge of number words, the ability to reason about numbers is bound by the highest number they can count to.
Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.
Different types of these branch-like projections process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.
A new study sheds light on how a protein pumps toxic molecules out of bacterial cells.
Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions of people.
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.