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Our susceptibility to disease depends both on the genes that we inherit from our parents and on our lifetime experiences.

Eight members of the MIT community — Hari Balakrishnan, Sangeeta Bhatia, Emery N. Brown, Anantha Chandrakasan, Eric D. Evans, Karen K. Gleason, L.

Together, obesity and Type 2 diabetes rank among our nation’s greatest health problem, and they largely result from what many call an “addiction” to sugar.

In findings that may lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders, researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory zero in on how the brain forms memories of what has been seen.

Beginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved cells and tissues with ever-greater magnification.

Several genetic disorders cause intellectual disability and autism. Historically, these genetic brain diseases were viewed as untreatable.

Getting enough of the right kind of sleep is crucial for keeping both body and mind healthy.

Now a team of researchers at MIT has moved a step closer to being able to produce natural sleep patterns.

For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to design computer networks that can mimic visual skills such as recognizing objects, which the human brain does very accurately and quickly.

The two major types of neuron in the brain’s cerebral cortex are connected by intricate cortical circuits that process information.

Using a gene-editing system originally developed to delete specific genes, MIT researchers have now shown that they can reliably turn on any gene of their choosing in living cells.