MIT OCW Archived Courses: Recent submissions
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7.345 Survival in Extreme Conditions: The Bacterial Stress Response, Fall 2010
(2010-12)Bacteria survive in almost all environments on Earth, including some considered extremely harsh. From the steaming hot springs of Yellowstone to the frozen tundra of the arctic to the barren deserts of Chile, microbes have ... -
7.345 Using Simple Organisms to Model Human Diseases, Spring 2013
(2013-06)How do scientists discover the basic biology underlying human diseases? Simple organisms such as baker’s yeast, nematodes, fruit flies, zebrafish, mice and rats have allowed biologists to investigate disease at ... -
7.345 Vascular Development in Life, Disease and Cancer Medicine, Fall 2009
(2009-12)The growth of blood vessels, a process known as angiogenesis, is one of the earliest events in mammalian development and is regulated by a sensitive interplay of growth factors and other molecules. In this course, we will ...