Health

A surgeon in scrubs and a headlamp performs a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, assisted by another healthcare professional, under bright surgical lights.
Surgery
First-of-its-kind pig kidney transplant is a success
A woman with heart and kidney failure is now the second person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant.
Kristin Houser
white pills being poured from a milk container over a black background
Medicine
Milk could overcome one of the biggest hurdles to RNA therapies
RNA therapies typically break down if administered orally, but particles found in cows’ milk could provide perfect protection.
Kristin Houser
Fluorescent microscopy image showing cells in blue and green
Cancer
New study challenges long-held assumption about cancer
Genetic mutations may not be necessary for cancer to develop, challenging a long-held assumption about the disease.
Kristin Houser
Microscopic image of a brain slice with fluorescent staining in shades of purple and blue, highlighting specific areas.
Memory
How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer’s mice
David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory | MIT News
Sustainability
Scientists have invented a method to break down “forever chemicals” in our drinking water
Johnny Wood | World Economic Forum
X-ray image of a human chest showing lungs and rib cage, with visible abnormal dark patches indicating possible tuberculosis.
Medicine
AI can help predict whether a patient will respond to specific tuberculosis treatments
Sriram Chandrasekaran
a vaccine vial in front of a backdrop of cells
Vaccines
Personalized cancer vaccines are having a moment
Kristin Houser
Fluorescence microscopy image showing bacteria shaped like rods, glowing in blue against a dark background after exposure to antibiotics.
Medicine
When an antibiotic fails: MIT scientists are using AI to target “sleeper” bacteria
Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health | MIT News
Three chickens, with one overlayed by a microscope image of the flu virus, on a black background
Public Health
The threat of avian flu — and what we can do to stop it
Kristin Houser
hands holding a COVID-19 test
Coronavirus
What’s next for COVID-19 drugs?
Kristin Houser
A close up of an older person's hands. One hand is rubbing the wrist of the other, as if to relieve pain
Medicine
Old drug appears to halt progression of Parkinson’s motor symptoms
Kristin Houser
A composite image juxtaposing DNA sequencing with a laboratory environment
Medicine
One-shot gene therapy reverses vision loss in small trial
Kristin Houser
Close-up split-image of a mouse with one half in natural color and the other half in a pink hue
Aging
One shot recreates younger immune systems, in mice
Kristin Houser