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Surfacing the latest news and mentions about new advances and innovations by MIT students, alumni, staff, and faculty in healthcare and medicine. Original sources curated from online news sources, MIT News, MIT News Healthcare News Articles, and MIT News Healthcare in the Media. Please visit these sites for most updated information.

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A new biodegradable material to replace certain microplastics
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Study: Browsing negative content online makes mental health struggles worse
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MIT K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics celebrates Sierra Leone’s inaugural class of orthotic and prosthetic clinicians
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From refugee to MIT graduate student
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An inflatable gastric balloon could help people lose weight
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Q&A: Transforming research through global collaborations
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A data designer driven to collaborate with communities
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Creating innovative health solutions for individuals and populations
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MIT’s Science Policy Initiative holds 14th annual Executive Visit Days
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Is there enough land on Earth to fight climate change and feed the world?
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A blueprint for better cancer immunotherapies
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Improving health, one machine learning system at a time
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To design better water filters, MIT engineers look to manta rays
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New solar projects will grow renewable energy generation for four major campus buildings
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Consortium led by MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham spurs development of 408 MW of renewable energy
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A vision for U.S. science success
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MIT researchers develop an efficient way to train more reliable AI agents
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Catherine Wolfram: High-energy scholar
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Advancing urban tree monitoring with AI-powered digital twins
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A bioinspired capsule can pump drugs directly into the walls of the GI tract
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A cell protector collaborates with a killer
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Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars
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J-PAL North America announces new evaluation incubator collaborators from state and local governments
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Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang wins 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition
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Bringing lab testing to the home
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When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows
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3 questions: Leveraging insights to enable clinical outcomes
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A causal theory for studying the cause-and-effect relationships of genes
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A portable light system that can digitize everyday objects
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Startup gives surgeons a real-time view of breast cancer during surgery