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30 May 2023

• Providing new pathways for neuroscience research and education
  Payton Dupuis finds new scientific interests and career opportunities through MIT summer research program in biology.
• Design prevents buildup of scar tissue around medical implants
  A new device, which doesn’t rely on immunosuppressing drugs, may assist efforts to develop an artificial pancreas to treat diabetes.
• Amy Moran-Thomas receives the Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award
  The MIT anthropologist is recognized for interdisciplinary work on health, climate, and equity.
• On planetary change and human health
  MIT anthropologist Amy Moran-Thomas reflects on the deep connection between planetary and human well-being.
• “Living drug factories” might treat diabetes and other diseases
  Chemical engineers have developed a way to protect transplanted drug-producing cells from immune system rejection.