Francis Collins: Scientists must engage with the world
In Compton Lecture, NIH director details the importance of reaching out to others.
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Better chemotherapy through targeted delivery
New approach could kill tumor cells in the brain more effectively and avoid side effects.
Fast modeling of cancer mutations
New genome-editing technique enables rapid analysis of genes mutated in tumors.
Chemists recruit anthrax to deliver cancer drugs
With some tinkering, a deadly protein becomes an efficient carrier for antibody drugs.
Sorting cells with sound waves
Acoustic device that separates tumor cells from blood cells could help assess cancer’s spread.
Advancing medicine, layer by layer
Studies by graduate students Stephen Morton and Nisarg Shah show progress toward better cancer treatment and bone replacement.
Faculty highlight: Paula Hammond
Engineering tiny paths to cancer treatment, bone regrowth, and wound healing, Paula Hammond serves as an exemplary researcher-educator within the MIT community.
Chemotherapy timing is key to success
Nanoparticles that stagger delivery of two drugs knock out aggressive tumors in mice.
Yeast studies suggest alternative cancer approach
Biophysicist Jeff Gore and collaborators urge applying lessons from yeast colony collapse to tumor growth.
How tumors escape
Biologists identify extracellular proteins that help aggressive tumors spread through the body.
A microchip for metastasis
MIT researchers design a microfluidic platform to see how cancer cells invade specific organs.
Illuminating a complex disease
New analysis of endometriosis patients could help scientists develop better treatments and more revealing diagnoses.
Marrying tissue engineering with systems biology
Linda Griffith combines in vitro models with deep molecular analysis to accelerate drug discovery.
New weapon fights drug-resistant tumors
Biologists identify a drug that can help wipe out reservoirs of cancer cells in bone marrow.
One-two punch knocks out aggressive tumors
New nanoparticles weaken tumor-cell defenses, then strike with chemotherapy drug.