Cancer

Image at left shows process of detecting and destroying an enemy missile using MIT targeted radar. Microwave energy is fixed on a missile while simultaneously nullifying enemy jammers. On right, microwave energy is aimed at a cancerous tumor with a deep focused beam while simultaneously nullifying any energy that would overheat surrounding healthy tissue.

New book documents MIT breast cancer therapy

January 26, 2007

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

Hynes named scientific governor of U.K. charity

January 12, 2007

Sengupta wins $4M breast cancer award

December 21, 2006

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MIT implant measures tumor growth, treatment

December 4, 2006

Center for Cancer Research receives $6 million to study tumor cell 'microenvironment'

December 1, 2006

Chemistry graduate student Elizabeth McCoy, left, and Sarah O'Connor, assistant professor of chemistry, inspect their latest batch of periwinkle root. They are working with periwinkle seedlings to produce potential new drugs.

Periwinkle can serve as tiny chemical plant

November 15, 2006

MIT receives major grant from the Ludwig Fund to tackle metastasis

November 14, 2006

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MIT technique reveals inner lives of red blood cells

Work could aid research on sickle cell anemia and malaria

October 16, 2006

Genetic 'roadmap' charts links between drugs and human disease

September 29, 2006

$100 million grant funds research center

September 21, 2006

MIT announces major new campus development program

September 13, 2006

MIT proton treatment could replace x-ray use in radiation therapy

August 28, 2006

MIT graduate student Yelena Margolin is the lead researcher on new work on inflammation. She is shown working in the lab with Professor Peter Dedon.

DNA damage study probes inflammation, disease link

July 25, 2006

Robopsy, a new invention designed to help doctors do needle biopsies, is shown as it might be positioned for surgery. Robopsy was invented by a team of graduate students, including two from MIT.

New device offers assist in needle biopsies

July 19, 2006

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