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Andrea Ventura, an MIT postdoctoral associate, works in the lab at the Center for Cancer Research. He and his colleagues have shown that by reactivating a certain gene, cancerous tumors in mice can be drastically reduced in size.

Reactivated gene shrinks tumors, MIT study finds

January 24, 2007

From Russia with--what? Love? Spite?

An IAP seminar explores the issues

January 23, 2007

LeaderShape calls students to action

January 22, 2007

Pamela Dumas Serfes is appointed executive director of news and communications

January 19, 2007

Public art curator leads IAP tour of MIT collection

January 19, 2007

MIT graduate student Shawna Liff works with a nanocomposite material she helped develop. The material, composed of nanoparticles embedded in a rubbery polymer, mimics the strength and stretchiness qualities of spider silk.

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

Lycra-like materials were inspired by spider silk

January 18, 2007

IAP class finds greatness in grainy cell-phone photos

January 17, 2007

MIT students discuss issues of race and tolerance while making plans for a creative installation in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. From left are sophomore Poting Cheung, juniors Jenny Man and Christopher Chapman and sophomore Ricky Burgess.

Students honor Martin Luther King Jr. with creativity, open minds

January 12, 2007

Hynes named scientific governor of U.K. charity

January 12, 2007

A tiddlywinks player uses a squidger to flip a wink into the cup.

Tiddlywinks team plans return to former glory

January 10, 2007

Colbert announces retirement, will step down as graduate dean

January 10, 2007

Postdoc Joanna Klapacz, left, works with Kennedy-Longfellow School sixth grader Ellie Montgomery in a genetics lab in the Edgerton Center program.

Samson Lab hosts Cambridge middle-school students

January 10, 2007

Biophysicist Alexander Rich first mixed two differing strands of RNA in 1956 to discover the RNA double helix. He holds a model of tRNA (transfer ribonucleic acid).

Scientists celebrate 50 years since key RNA discovery

MIT biophysicist recalls biotech's founding technology

January 9, 2007

William Orme-Johnson, inorganic biochemistry expert, dies at 68

January 5, 2007

Tim Berners-Lee receives Draper Prize

January 5, 2007

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Reactivated gene shrinks tumors, MIT study finds

From Russia with--what? Love? Spite?

LeaderShape calls students to action

Pamela Dumas Serfes is appointed executive director of news and communications

Public art curator leads IAP tour of MIT collection

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

IAP class finds greatness in grainy cell-phone photos

Students honor Martin Luther King Jr. with creativity, open minds

Hynes named scientific governor of U.K. charity

Tiddlywinks team plans return to former glory

Colbert announces retirement, will step down as graduate dean

Samson Lab hosts Cambridge middle-school students

Scientists celebrate 50 years since key RNA discovery

William Orme-Johnson, inorganic biochemistry expert, dies at 68

Tim Berners-Lee receives Draper Prize

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