Cancer

MIT cancer program granted $3.2 million

October 21, 2005

MIT chosen for national role fighting cancer

October 4, 2005

Team discovers why melanoma is so malignant

September 23, 2005

Chemotherapy-loaded nanoparticles, left, form the core of the nanocell, right, as seen under the electron microscope. The outer lighter layer of the nanocell stores the drug that cuts blood supply after the nanocell has entered the tumor.

MIT engineers an anti-cancer smart bomb

July 27, 2005

Robert Langer gives a talk on 'Cancer Drug Delivery' at Kresge Auditorium during a symposium on 'The New Science of Cancer Therapy' held Friday, June 24.

Langer talk highlights cancer symposium

June 30, 2005

Stem cells in the lung of the mouse model for lung cancer.

Cells discovered at MIT may play role in lung cancer

June 29, 2005

Study holds promise for quick cancer diagnosis

June 8, 2005

Cancer hijacks body's wound-healing process

May 20, 2005

Researchers identify target for cancer drugs

March 14, 2005

In these endometriosis lesions from the mouse model of endometriosis, both endometriotic glands (arrow) and stroma (arrowhead) are shown.

Endometriosis and ovarian cancer modeled in mouse

January 7, 2005

Cells that have damaged DNA in their nuclei (gray dots) normally stop dividing. However, the two cells for which MAPKAP Kinase-2 activity has been inhibited still undergo cell division (red stain), even in the presence of DNA damage (green stain).

MIT team aims to reduce chemo doses

January 6, 2005

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New model of cancer syndrome could lead to treatments

December 16, 2004

NCI grants encourage new approaches to cancer research

October 27, 2004

From left, Pete Wishok, Paul Skipper and Steve Tannenbaum, display diagrams related to their work identifying three new chemical risk factors for bladder cancer.

New risks for bladder cancer identified by MIT team

October 7, 2004

Essigmann receives royal honor

September 13, 2004

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