Cancer

“Not only does the high-fat diet change the biology of stem cells, it also changes the biology of non-stem-cell populations, which collectively leads to an increase in tumor formation,” Omer Yilmaz says.

How diet influences colon cancer

Study ties high-fat diet to changes in intestinal stem cells, may help explain increased cancer risk.

March 2, 2016

MIT senior takes on double major in brain and cognitive sciences plus theater arts

Abra Shen pursues medicine and theater, and someday hopes to combine the two.

February 19, 2016

Krishna Rajagopal, chair of the faculty and professor of physics, presents Tyler Jacks with the Killian Award.

Targeting cancer from many angles

Killian Award recipient Tyler Jacks fosters interdisciplinary, innovative cancer research.

February 12, 2016

To track the family history for a single cell, researchers engineered a microfluidic device that traps first an individual cell and then all of its descendants. The device has several connected channels, each of which has a trapping pocket used to capture single cells in precise locations. After the initial cell grows and divides, its progeny float downstream and are captured in the next available...

Tracing a cellular family tree

New technique allows tracking of gene expression over generations of cells as they specialize.

January 6, 2016

A rounded cancer cell (top left) sends out nanotubes connecting with endothelial cells. Genetic material can be injected via these nanotubes, transforming the endothelial cells and making them more hospitable to additional cancer cells.

Scientists discover how cancer cells escape blood vessels

Study offers new targets for drugs that may prevent cancer from spreading.

December 16, 2015

MIT researchers developed this hydrogel embedded with triple helix microRNA particles and used it to treat cancer in mice.

A new way to deliver microRNAs for cancer treatment

Scientists exploit gene therapy to shrink tumors in mice with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

December 7, 2015

M+Visión Fellow Carlos Castro named one of Spain’s top young innovators

Postdoc researcher recognized for leukemia management innovation.

November 5, 2015

Tackling cancer research from multiple perspectives

Graduate student Tushar Kamath takes an interdisciplinary approach to cancer research.

November 2, 2015

$20 million Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research gift to expand collaborative cancer research

Gift will augment the Bridge Project, a collaborative project between the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and MIT's Koch Institute.

October 28, 2015

P53, which helps healthy cells prevent genetic mutations, is missing from about half of all tumors. Researchers have found that a backup system takes over when p53 is disabled and encourages cancer cells to continue dividing. In the background of this illustration are crystal structures of p53 DNA-binding domains.

Biologists unravel drug-resistance mechanism in tumor cells

Targeting the RNA-binding protein that promotes resistance could lead to better cancer therapies.

October 22, 2015

At left, cells glow red to indicate that the detection system has been successfully delivered. The system was designed to produce green fluorescence in cells carrying a viral DNA sequence, as seen at right.

Targeting DNA

Protein-based sensor could detect viral infection or kill cancer cells.

September 21, 2015

AIM Biotech's microfluidics device (shown here) has an array of culturing sections, each with three chambers: a middle chamber for hydrogel and any cell type, and two side channels for culturing additional cell types.

Capturing cell growth in 3-D

Spinout’s microfluidics device better models how cancer and other cells interact in the body.

August 14, 2015

Researchers have uncovered a way chronic inflammation can lead to cancer. Panel 1 shows a normal DNA base pair of cytosine (C) and guanine (G). In panel 2, inflammation, represented by a red background, damages the base pair. A chlorine atom (Cl) is added to the cytosine, resulting in a cytosine lesion called 5-chlorocytosine. In panel 3, the cytosine lesion is now able to base pair with adenine (...

How chronic inflammation can lead to cancer

Researchers discover how the immune system can create cancerous DNA mutations when fighting off infection.

August 7, 2015

Tiny biochemical sensor that can be implanted in cancer tissue during an initial biopsy.

Real-time data for cancer therapy

Biochemical sensor implanted at initial biopsy could allow doctors to better monitor and adjust cancer treatments.

August 4, 2015

A cell division observed. Cancer risk increases with the rate of cell divisions.

Identifying a key growth factor in cell proliferation

Researchers discover that aspartate is a limiter of cell proliferation.

July 30, 2015

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