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Double-sided tape for tissues could replace surgical sutures

researchers showed that their new tape can tightly bind tissues such as the lungs and intestines within just ... heart, the researchers showed. In addition, it works much faster than tissue glues, which usually take ... dry patch that the glue can adhere to. To mimic this with an engineered adhesive, the researchers ...

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MIT-Takeda program launches

In February, researchers from MIT and Takeda Pharmaceuticals joined together to celebrate the ... challenges of mutual interest.    Following a competitive proposal process, nine inaugural research projects ... were selected. The program’s flagship research projects include principal investigators from ...

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Study finds cells take out the trash before they divide

MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup, ... measuring the dry mass of cells, the researchers found that cells lose about 4 percent of their mass as they ... enter cell division. The researchers believe that this emptying of trash helps cells to give their ...

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An easier way to remove medical devices

By taking advantage of a phenomenon that leads to fractures in metal, MIT researchers have ... broken down on demand when they’re no longer needed. The researchers showed that biomedical devices made ... researchers say. “It’s a really dramatic phenomenon that can be applied to several settings,” says Giovanni ...

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A protein from tiny tardigrades may help cancer patients tolerate radiation therapy

of radiation, researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the University of Iowa have ... length. Drawing inspiration from the tardigrade, researchers developed a new strategy that may protect ... cancer patients from the side effects of radiation therapy. Image: iStock; MIT News When the researchers ...

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Technique could boost resolution of tissue imaging as much as tenfold

scattering, but it also reduces imaging resolution. MIT-Subcutaneous-Superresolution-1024.jpg MIT researchers ... researchers at MIT have developed a technique to use the effect to their advantage. The new technique, which ... a graduate student in mechanical engineering at MIT and first author of the paper. In 2007, researchers first ...

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Nano flashlight enables new applications of light

minuscule objects, MIT researchers have built a powerful nanoscale flashlight on a chip. Their approach to ... a futuristic cell phone loaded with a self-contained sensor for a specific gas). However, while researchers ... papers in Nature Scientific Reports, researchers describe not only their approach for designing on-chip ...

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A legacy of curiosity in the name of Hugh Hampton Young

American surgeon, urologist, and medical researcher Hugh Hampton Young (1870-1945) was known for ... a background in engineering. In her research, she draws inspiration from nature and biological cybernetics to ... her research contributes to understanding the performance-decentralization trade-off in large-scale ...

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Pills of the future: nanoparticles

far. Now, researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have developed a new type of ... Science Translational Medicine, the researchers used the particles to demonstrate oral delivery of insulin ... a doctor’s office to receive nanoparticle injections, say the researchers. “If you were a patient and you had ...

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Dan Frey Named D-Lab Faculty Director

design for the developing world. Professor J. Kim Vandiver, MIT dean for undergraduate research, has ... interest in design with a desire to strengthen research, which will have positive impact in the developing ... co-supervised 10 projects at D-Lab and has formed strong working relationships with the D-Lab research and ...

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A 3D printable tissue adhesive

MIT researchers introduce a direct-ink-write 3D printable tissue adhesive that can be used to ... a graduate student who works in the lab of Mechanical Engineering Professor Xuanhe Zhao. “ Our research takes ... diverse applications.” MIT researchers have introduced a direct-ink-write 3D printable tissue adhesive ...

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Hermano Igo Krebs elected to Fellowship in IEEE

We are pleased to announce that Principal Research Scientist and Lecturer Hermano Igo Krebs, whose ... research focuses on robotics, neuro-rehabilitation, and human-machine interactions, recently became ...

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The Tenured Engineers of 2016

demonstrated a commitment to outstanding research and teaching,” said Ian A. Waitz, dean of the School of ... his research is to advance understanding of the environmental impacts of aviation, and to develop ... Department of Biological Engineering. His research focuses on quantitative physical approaches to ...

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SENSE.nano awards seed grants in optoelectronics, interactive manufacturing

following significant discussion. Ultimately, two projects were awarded $75,000 each to further research ... the breadth and depth of sensing research at MIT," says Brian Anthony, co-leader of SENSE.nano, ... associate director of MIT.nano, and a principal research scientist in the Department of Mechanical ...

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