Researchers from MIT’s Department of Biology have developed a new computational method called FragFold, which shows promise for advancing biological research and therapeutic applications. The newly ...

Northwestern University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), recognized leaders in the growing field of synthetic biology, recently received significant grant awards from the Army for ...

Matthew Vander Heiden, an MIT biology professor and pioneer in cancer cell metabolism research, will take the reins at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research as its new director. Vander ...

One day last October, MIT biology professor Matthew Vander Heiden showed up in one of his trademark plaid shirts to teach his undergraduate course on cancer biology. As usual, he peppered his lecture ...

What if our cells could be programmed to detect an imminent heart attack and warn us in time to get to the doctor before it happens? Or perhaps they could sense falling blood sugar in diabetics and ...

Frank Schmitt needed more squid. Though progress continued to inch forward at the “squid club,” as his MIT biology lab was affectionately called, there never seemed to be enough squid to get ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA— MIT researchers have identified a family of proteins key to the formation of the communication networks critical for normal brain function. Their research could lead to new treatments ...