How the MIT community is coming together and tackling Covid-19

One-step test provides rapid and sensitive Covid‑19 detection

New CRISPR-based research tool delivers results in an hour; researchers share protocol and kits to advance research and move toward clinical validation.

Read more from the Washington Post: FDA gives emergency authorization for CRISPR-based diagnostic tool for coronavirus

MIT conference reveals the power of using artificial intelligence to discover new drugs

Inaugural AI Powered Drug Discovery and Manufacturing Conference drew pharmaceutical companies, government regulators, and pioneering drug researchers.

An innovation plan to beat Covid-19

MIT economist Pierre Azoulay outlines a roadmap for scientific success against the virus.

How could Covid-19 and the body’s immune response affect the brain?

Picower Institute researchers are embarking on experiments to learn the mechanisms by which coronavirus might affect mental health.

Michael Yaffe on treating Covid-19 patients with acute respiratory distress

MIT professor and intensivist/trauma surgeon explains the new challenges that Covid-19 brings to treating patients in acute respiratory distress.

Protecting seafarers and the global supply chain during Covid‑19

Professor Thomas Peacock is a member of the UN Global Compact Task Force urging coordinated international response for offshore and shipping industries.

Myth-busting on YouTube

Postdoc Izabella Pena uses social media to combat the infodemic about the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reporting tool aims to balance hospitals’ Covid‑19 load

Based on crowdsourced data, app helps patients, EMTs, and physicians determine real-time availability of hospital resources.

In the News

Boston Globe: The common denominator in several coronavirus efforts? MIT’s Bob Langer

The New Yorker: The engineers taking on the ventilator shortage

The Economist: Could the pandemic give America’s labour movement a boost?

Wall Street Journal: Targeted lockdowns are better (op-ed)

New York Times: The spaces that make cities fairer and more resilient (op‑ed)

UNESCO: “What matters most, at the time of crisis, are qualities of our human connections”

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