Cancer

Amon, Golub win cancer prize

Paul Marks Prize recognizes significant research contributions

October 3, 2007

Small secondary tumors (shown in green) formed in the lungs of mice after Li Ma, a postdoctoral researcher at the Whitehead Institue for Biomedical Research, inserted human breast cancer cells into their mammary fat pads. The cancer cells, which normally don't metastasize, acquired the ability to move and invade when Ma boosted the level of a single microRNA.

Team proves role of microRNAs in spread of cancer

September 27, 2007

Team demos safety of RNA therapy

Research could lead to treatments for cancer, many other diseases

September 26, 2007

An MIT team has created polymer-DNA nanoparticles to deliver disease-fighting genes . From left are Daniel Anderson, a research associate at the MIT Center for Cancer Research, bioengineering graduate student Jordan Green and Greg Zugates, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering.

MIT works toward safer gene therapy

Biodegradable polymers replace viruses to deliver genes

September 7, 2007

Grown in a newly invented culture medium, these normal human breast cells (whose membranes are stained red) form sheets.

Team finds way to create cancer stem cells

MIT achievement could aid cancer research

August 13, 2007

MIT post-doc Joel Neilson, left, graduate student Margaret Ebert and Institute Professor Phillip Sharp have developed a new technique to study the function of microRNA that could shed light on the genetic material's hypothesized role in cancer.

MIT's MicroRNA 'sponges' could aid cancer studies

August 12, 2007

Protein suppresses spread of prostate cancer

July 20, 2007

Team's model aids understanding of protein networks

Work could impact cancer research

June 25, 2007

MIT Professor and Nobel Prize winner H. Robert Horvitz gave the Killian Award Lecture April 24

Horvitz urges support for basic science in Killian lecture on cell life and death

April 26, 2007

Researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) have developed a device that allows them to control the distance between cells. The cells are placed on combs, which can be fully separated (top), slightly separated (middle) or locked together with combs in contact (bottom).

HST device draws cells close--but not too close--together

April 4, 2007

MIT IDs role of key protein in tumor growth

March 15, 2007

MicroRNA found to regulate gene implicated in cancer

March 2, 2007

Postdoctoral fellow Christian Reinhardt, left, and Professor Michael Yaffe of MIT's Center for Cancer Research have identified a defense mechanism that helps tumor cells survive chemotherapy.

New drug may dissolve tumors' defense against chemotherapy

February 12, 2007

Team develops nanoparticles to battle cancer

New particles mimic platelets

February 1, 2007

Image at left shows process of detecting and destroying an enemy missile using MIT targeted radar. Microwave energy is fixed on a missile while simultaneously nullifying enemy jammers. On right, microwave energy is aimed at a cancerous tumor with a deep focused beam while simultaneously nullifying any energy that would overheat surrounding healthy tissue.

New book documents MIT breast cancer therapy

January 26, 2007

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