The Covid-19 pandemic taught us how complex the science and management of infectious disease can be,…
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New test may predict Covid-19 immunity
Most people in the United States have some degree of immune protection against Covid-19, either from…
MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT has awarded eight MIT…
Aging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
Neurodegenerative diseases are defined by an increasingly widespread and debilitating death of nervous system cells, but…
Advocating for vaccine equity
When Digbijay Mahat arrived at MIT in 2017 to begin his postdoctoral studies, he had one…
Launchpad for health care entrepreneurs
When computation and systems biology PhD student Elvira Kinzina was diagnosed with Lyme disease during her…
The promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence explored at TEDxMIT event
Scientists, students, and community members came together last month to discuss the promise and pitfalls of…
Carbon nanotube-based sensor can detect SARS-CoV-2 proteins
Using specialized carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have designed a novel sensor that can detect SARS-CoV-2 without…