The Science and Business of RNAi Therapeutics
Lessons from Alnylam: The Science and Business of RNAi Therapeutics
Important lessons in the story of RNAi and Alnylam and their broader implications will be shared.
The Doctor Is In: Pancreatic Cancer
The Doctor Is In - KI Special Series January 2012 - Pancreatic Cancer
From January 2012: Pancreatic Cancer. Learn more about pancreatic cancer from a clinical perspective.
Webinar: Creative Experimentation
Creative Experimentation: Developing a Skill Critical for Managing Complex ...
A broad-based capacity for experimentation is critical for organizations to succeed because the systems in which people are embedded are increasingly complex and fast.
Profile: Polina Golland
Polina Golland - The quantifier
By helping biologists turn their hunches into rigorous mathematical models, Polina Golland builds software that interprets medical images. Read more about Golland's work at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/profile-golland-0112.html
Profile: Collin Stultz
Doing double duty: MIT's Collin Stultz
A computational biologist and physician, Collin Stultz takes a unique approach to studying diseases that could lead to new treatments.
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Fan Yang
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Fan Yang
Yang presents her work at EmTech 2011: Reprogramming stem cells to repair blood vessels Stanford University Injury and disease can damage blood vessels. But Fan Yang, a Stanford professor of bioengineering and orthopedic surgery, has developed
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Christopher Bettinger
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Christopher Bettinger
Bettinger describes his work at EmTech 2011: Tailoring polymers for biodegradable implants Carnegie Mellon University As a graduate student at MIT, Christopher Bettinger created strong, rubbery polymers that mimic natural tissue and can be tail
RLE Profile: James G. Fujimoto
RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: James G. Fujimoto
Professor James G. Fujimoto of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of optics and biomedical imaging.
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The Doctor Is In - KI Special Series November 2011 - Non-Small Cell Lung ...
"The Doctor is IN" is a monthly seminar series at the Koch Institute at MIT. The goal of this seminar is to discuss the clinical management of different cancer types.
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Andrew Phillips
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Andrew Phillips
Phillips describes his work at EmTech 2011: Computer-assisted genetic engineering Microsoft Research Synthetic biology offers the prospect of engineering microbes to fight disease or produce biofuels, but designing the necessary DNA instructions is normally an arduous task. With software ...
MIT-Pfizer Groundbreaking
MIT-Pfizer Groundbreaking
Aiming for breakthroughs in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and other major illnesses, MIT and the pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc. held a formal groundbreaking for a new, multidisciplinary research center to be built on MIT property in the Kendall Square neighborhood. The ...
How Scientists Make Heart Cells
How Scientists Make Heart Cells
CDI scientists explain how they made David Ewing Duncan's beating heart cells in a petri dish and why it's a significant feat.
Stem Cells and Entrepreneurs
Stem Cells and Entrepreneurs
How Cellular Dynamics International is commercializing the new technology of induced pluripotent stem cells.
The Science of IPS Cells
The Science of IPS Cells
Biologist James Thompson and others discuss the discovery of IPS cells: the science and the potential for research and personalized medicine.
Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells
Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells
Jeff Hrkach and Greg Troiano of BIND Biosciences explain how they make drug-delivering nanoparticles.
The Power of Basic Science Applied to Medical Progress: ...
The Power of Basic Science Applied to Medical Progress: Past Examples and ...
10/22/2009 4:00 PM 26"100Ed Scolnick, Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad InstituteDescription: An exemplar of the purpose"driven life in medical science, Ed Scolnick details research milestones from a ...
Novel Chip for Monitoring Breast Cancer
Novel Chip for Monitoring Breast Cancer
This video illustrates how estrogen is extracted from a drop of human blood using a novel microfluidics chip developed at the University of Toronto. The samples are lysed, and then the estrogen is extracted into a polar solvent (methanol), while the unwanted parts of the blood sample are ...
A Musical Score for Disease
A Musical Score for Disease
Gil Alterovitz, a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, translated populations of genes into musical notes. Each constellation (green) represents a key network of interrelated genes (blue). Each network is represented by a musical note. In healthy cells, the notes form music in harmony, ...
Defining the Challenges Surrounding Innovation and Safety ...
Defining the Challenges Surrounding Innovation and Safety (Part One)
Frank L. Douglas, Executive Director, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation; Professor of the Practice; Una Ryan, President & CEO, AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.; Robert Tepper, President, Research and Development ; Millennium Pharmaceuticals; John A. Fallon, Chief ...
Innovation in Post-Launch Surveillance and ...
Innovation in Post-Launch Surveillance and Pharmaco-Vigilance (Part Two)
Participants: Isaac S. Kohane, Director, Children's-HST Informatics Program; Associate Director of Bioinformatics, Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics; Nevine Zariffa, Therapy Area Director, Cardiovascular and Metabolism, Biomedical Data Sciences, ...