3Q: Susan Hockfield on a new age of living machines
Convergence research at MIT and beyond seeks new solutions for global challenges.
Convergence research at MIT and beyond seeks new solutions for global challenges.
Researchers develop nanosized antibodies that home in on the meshwork of proteins surrounding cancer cells.
Eight biology contestants get one slide and three minutes to explain their research and impress their listeners.
Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets.
More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer.
The substance that bathes tumors in the body is quite different from the medium used to grow cancer cells in the lab, biologists report.
Rights are protected for broad use in developing world and for public health needs.
Master’s student and Marshall Scholar Kyle Swanson uses computer science to help make drug development more efficient.
Study suggests an alternative way to treat tumors that are dependent on the cancer-promoting Myc protein.
Near-infrared technology pinpoints fluorescent probes deep within living tissue; may be used to detect cancer earlier.
Researchers have devised a faster, more efficient way to design custom peptides and perturb protein-protein interactions.
Overactive repair system promotes cell death following DNA damage by certain toxins, study shows.
New test rapidly evaluates the effect of drugs and potentially toxic compounds on cells.
Antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs may help combat lung cancer.