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Researchers are trying to developing a quick diagnostic test for the Zika virus. Image: Anthony Griffiths/MIT News

MIT Researchers Race to Develop Zika Diagnostics and Vaccine

Fall 2015

A Bridge to Cancer Solutions

MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research teams up with Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

Image: AOBiome

New Bacteria-Friendly Shower Products Are Redefining Clean

Summer 2015

Mending a Broken Heart

Laurie Boyer’s work may one day help develop cures for heart defects and disease.

Image: Courtesy the Alm Lab

Spring 2015

Your Microbiome “Tree”

A new paper diagnostic device can detect Ebola as well as other viral hemorrhagic fevers in about 10 minutes. The device (pictured here) has silver nanoparticles of different colors that indicate different diseases. On the left is the unused device, opened to reveal the contents inside. On the right, the device has been used for diagnosis; the colored bands show positive tests. Photo courtesy of Jose Gomez-Marquez, Helena de Puig, and Chun-Wan Yen

$2 Paper Test Detects Ebola in 10 Minutes

Todd Zion PhD '04 Image: MIT News/Rob Matheson

From Lab to Market: The Path of a New Diabetes Treatment

Frozen Openbiome samples

MIT Start-up Tackles Nasty Infection With First Public Stool Bank

Sangeeta Bhatia’s research draws on biological and medical sciences, and engineering. Photo illustration: Len Rubenstein

Fall 2014

Sophisticated Medicine

Sangeeta Bhatia’s research defies tradition, drawing on biological and medical sciences, and multiple engineering disciplines.

Jeff Gore’s work with baker’s yeast helps ecologists respond to trends, like vanishing fisheries and collapsing honeybee colonies. Photo illustration: Len Rubenstein

Fall 2014

Of Yeast, Ecology, and Cancer

Jeff Gore’s work with baker’s yeast helps ecologists respond to trends, like vanishing fisheries and missing tissues.