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Sonia Vallabh, a graduate of Harvard Law School and her husband Eric Minikel, who holds a planning degree from MIT, re-engineered their careers to do research into prion disease when she was diagnosed with the disorder. Now their research may lead to a treatment if not a cure in the not-too-distant future, according to a statement from Harvard.

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Patient-scientist behind new gene-editing tool for prion disease

HQ Team April 10, 2025: Sonia Vallabh, a graduate of Harvard Law School and her husband Eric Minikel, who holds a planning degree.

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April 10, 2025
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After screening 12 million commercially available compounds using AI, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a drug candidate to terminate a potentially fatal skin bacteria.

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MIT researchers use AI to discover new antibiotic drug compounds

HQ Team January 2, 2024: After screening 12 million commercially available compounds using AI, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered.

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January 2, 2024
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A supercapacitor made of cement, water, and carbon black can store large amounts of energy and may form the basis for a low-cost energy storage system, researchers said.

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Supercapacitors made from cement and carbon black pave the way for low-cost energy storage

HQ Team August 1, 2023: Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found that two common materials, cement and carbon black,.