MIT OCW Archived Courses: Recent submissions
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7.344 Cellular Metabolism and Cancer: Nature or Nurture?, Fall 2018
(2018)In this course we will explore how altered metabolism drives cancer progression. Students will learn (1) how to read, discuss, and critically evaluate scientific findings in the primary research literature, (2) how scientists ... -
7.343 Single-Molecule Imaging: Capturing Nanoscale Cellular Machines in Action, Fall 2021
(2021)Did you know that we have approximately 2 meters of DNA packed in our cells, which are less than 10 μm diameter? Or that to replicate DNA it is copied at a rate of 70,000 basepairs per second by a cellular apparatus that ... -
7.342 Immune Cell Migration: On the Move in Response to Pathogens and Cancer Immunotherapy, Fall 2021
(2021)The mammalian immune system is sometimes called a “liquid organ,” capable of rapidly initiating and then resolving potent responses to pathogens at almost any location in the organism. What protein machinery drives immune ...