Twelve researchers with MIT ties were elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023, including five MIT faculty Daniel G. Anderson, Regina Barzilay, Guoping Feng, Darrell J. Irvine, Morgan Sheng and seven additional affiliates.
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A study by scientists at MIT and at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard shows how brain cells located near amyloid plaques and tau tangles change as Alzheimer’s disease progresses. The technique, called STARmap PLUS, is the first to simultaneously map gene expression of individual cells and their location, as well as the spatial distribution of specific proteins in intact tissue samples.
One goal is to develop new drugs to treat psychiatric disorders, as the field still uses meds that went on the market decades ago. But scientists say the complexity of mental illness including the elusiveness of clear biomarkers has made that tricky.