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Ingestible”bacteria on a chip” could help diagnose disease
Read more: Ingestible”bacteria on a chip” could help diagnose diseaseUltra-low power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding. MIT researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems. This “bacteria-on-a-chip” approach combines sensors made from living cells with ultra-low-power electronics that convert the bacterial response into a wireless signal…
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Tiny particles could fight brain cancer
Read more: Tiny particles could fight brain cancerNanoparticles carrying two drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier and shrink glioblastoma tumors. Glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain tumor, is one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers. Only a handful of drugs are approved to treat glioblastoma, and the median life expectancy for patients diagnosed with the disease is less than 15 months. MIT researchers…
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Jeff Gore: A physicist exploring population dynamics of microbes
Read more: Jeff Gore: A physicist exploring population dynamics of microbesMIT Professor sees many "big, deep questions in biology" that benefit from study by both physicists and life scientists. It’s a pretty good bet that among MIT’s physics faculty, Jeff Gore is the only one with test tubes of yeast growing in his lab. Gore, a biophysicist who studies population dynamics, uses yeast and other…
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