How cancer cells get by on a starvation diet
New study shows that tumor cells, deprived of glucose, alter their metabolism to use other sources of sustenance.
New study shows that tumor cells, deprived of glucose, alter their metabolism to use other sources of sustenance.
Scientists find that the 3-D structure of a cancer cell’s chromosomes plays a big role in which genes get deleted or copied.
Student in biology, applied international studies will study at Oxford next year.
Researchers find that cells’ chemical signaling includes a way to tell whether signals are being received or not.
MIT cancer biologists determine how platelets in the bloodstream help cancer cells form new tumors.
A new way to curb inflammatory cells could lead to treatments for diseases including atherosclerosis and cancer.
Synthetic biologists design a gene circuit that, when delivered to cancer cells, forces them to commit suicide.
Tiny particles that measure microRNA levels in tissue samples could help diagnose and monitor many diseases.
Microfluidic model helps explain how fluid’s flow in bodily tissue influences tumor cell migration.
Cancer biologists identify a driving force behind the spread of an aggressive type of lung cancer.
MIT researchers show how estrogen protects women from the gastric inflammation that can lead to cancer.
The gene they found can double yeast lifespan when turned on late in life.
MIT-designed nanoparticles communicate with each other inside the body to target tumors more efficiently.'
Biological engineers’ new approach to shutting down cell division could lead to new cancer drugs.