The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape ...

Mentor William Shih Project Crisscross assembly of DNA origami for therapeutics Primary Research Interests DNA nanotechnology, therapeutics, diagnostics Education Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of ...

Maria Carolina Bitten Gonçalves was always fascinated by the brain, but then a long-term relationship with a partner with bipolar disorder solidified her desire to better understand and treat the ...

This animation explains how an emerging technology called “gene drives” may be used to potentially spread particular genomic alterations through targeted wild populations over many generations. It ...

Hand wearable device for rehabilitation At home and clinic use Deliver high repetitions for effective functional recovery Connected device to get feedback from therapist Wyss startup Imago Rehab ...

Athletes undergoing daily training and patients undergoing physical therapy, often do not have a way to quantitatively assess their progress or obtain actionable insights that help to enhance ...

The successful trial provides a path to future immunotherapies, assessing advanced biomaterial-based cancer vaccines in combination with checkpoint blockade inhibitors (BOSTON) — The first-in-human ...

The burgeoning field of synthetic biology is designing artificial gene circuits that recognize molecules in their environment and respond by regulating genes with desired activities. In the future, ...

A novel coating prevents biofouling and unwanted immune reactions, paving the way to long-term in vivo monitoring in clinical diagnostics A Wyss Institute team has developed a new coating technology ...

(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — The open ocean is the largest and least explored environment on Earth, estimated to hold up to a million species that have yet to be described. However, many of those organisms ...

Protein-based nanoparticles can effectively deliver DNA, RNA, proteins, and gene editors directly into multiple cell types while avoiding toxicity This microscopy image shows the ENTER constructs, ...

"Shrilk" could one day replace plastic in consumer products, be used to suture wounds, and serve as scaffolding for tissue regeneration (BOSTON) — Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically ...