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MIT researchers designed nanoparticles that can quickly locate a tumor, then set off a chemical reaction that attracts larger swarms of drug-delivering nanoparticles to the site.

Working in harmony

MIT-designed nanoparticles communicate with each other inside the body to target tumors more efficiently.'

June 20, 2011

MIT President Emeritus Charles Vest, right, speaks with Nancy Hopkins, left, the Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology; and Shirley Ann Jackson ’68 PhD ’73, center, the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

A celebration of women in science and engineering

Symposium highlights the work and accomplishments of women at MIT and beyond.

April 1, 2011

Sangeeta Bhatia, the Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, described how her lab is creating drug-delivering nanoparticles.

The past, present and future of cancer

Researchers gather to discuss the state of their field and the potential for new treatments.

March 18, 2011

Direct delivery

Cancer scientists believe nanoparticles could accurately target tumors, avoiding side effects.

November 18, 2010

MIT researchers have developed an array of microscopic wells that can capture single cells and analyze the amount of DNA damage in each cell.

Rapid analysis of DNA damage now possible

Technology offers a new way to test potential cancer drugs, detect effects of hazardous agents in our environment.

May 4, 2010

Liver cells in a micropatterned co-culture form tube-like structures (shown here in green) that resemble bile capillaries found in a human liver.

Engineering a new way to study hepatitis C

Tissue engineers have successfully infected liver cells in the laboratory, allowing a better way to test new drugs.

February 1, 2010

From left to right, Ugwechi Amadi, Steven Mo and Caroline Huang, this year's Rhodes scholars from MIT.

Three MIT students are Rhodes Scholars

A record year for U.S. students at the Institute

November 23, 2009

Explained: RNA interference

Exploiting the recently discovered mechanism could allow biologists to develop disease treatments by shutting down specific genes.

November 12, 2009

NIH picks Samson, Griffith and Bhatia for innovation grants

Pioneer, T-R01 awards aimed to spur 'out of the box' research

September 24, 2009

Of Note: MIT professors win NIH grants aimed at spurring innovative research

September 24, 2009

MIT researchers used these gold nanorods that absorb energy from near-infrared light and emit it as heat, destroying cancer cells.

Targeting tumors using tiny gold particles

Gold nanorods could detect, treat cancer

May 4, 2009

Gold star

Geoffrey von Maltzahn awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for innovations in fight against cancer

March 3, 2009

Evidence of early sponges was found in these sediments in Oman, a Marinoan age (about 635 million yearÂ old) rock unit of calcium carbonate deposited on rocks of glacial origin. The oldest sponge steroids detected in sedimentary rocks underlie this cap carbonate, and so pre-date the end of the global Marinoan glaciations.

Signs point to sponges as earliest animal life

'Chemical fossils' provide evidence for first multicelled creatures

February 4, 2009

Bhatia among tech paper's 10 'Women to Watch'

January 26, 2009

Tyler Jacks, Director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, gave the introduction at the 2008 Koch Institute Symposium entitled Nanotechnology and Cancer: The Power of Small Science, held at Kresge Auditorium on Friday, June 24. Behind him are pixtures of faculty members who comprise the Koch Institute. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('cancersym1-enlarged.html','','width=509,...

Experts describe promise of nanotech for cancer detection, more

June 30, 2008

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