Topics: Genetics

Mriganka Sur and other MIT brain scientists are teaming up with physicians to study and treat autism. Sur is now examining the genetic roots of autism and is also setting the stage for drug-based therapies. Photo: Ed Quinn
Spring 2005

Medical Progress

Mriganka Sur and other MIT brain scientists are teaming up with physicians to study and treat autism.

Vaccinia virus micrograph. Photo: Centers for Disease Control
Fall 2003

Research Briefs

Potential help for arthritis, a safer smallpox vaccine, and more.

The ancient cratered terrain of Mars
Spring 2001

MIT Research Briefs

Animals have complex dreams, researchers find a substance that stops weight gain, and more.

Prof. David C. Page and his colleagues found that the DNA on the male-oriented Y chromosome has mutated less than twice as rapidly as its X-based counterpart.
Winter 2001

Research Briefs

Work with serotonin may someday yield strategies for overcoming brain disorders, and more.

Biology Prof. Leonard Guarente says that the idea of slowing the aging process is no longer unthinkable. Photo: Ed Quinn
Fall 2000

Secrets of Aging

According to Biology Prof. Leonard Guarente, slowing the aging process is no longer unthinkable.