Study sheds light on role of mutations in metastasized cancer
Researchers identify genes that mutate in endometrial cancer, create a family tree describing the evolutionary history of the disease.
Tracking oxygen in the body
MRI sensor that enables long-term monitoring of oxygen levels could aid cancer diagnosis and treatment.
New view of tumors’ evolution
Sequencing of cancer cell genomes reveals potential new drug targets for an aggressive type of lung cancer.
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.
New weapon fights drug-resistant tumors
Biologists identify a drug that can help wipe out reservoirs of cancer cells in bone marrow.
Watching tumors burst through a blood vessel
A microfluidic platform provides a high-resolution view of a crucial step in cancer metastasis.
A different view of cancer cells
New study measures physical changes in tumor cells as they become metastatic.
Professor Roger Kamm visualizes sneaky tumor cells with 3-D assay
Kamm is studying the mechanics of metastasis, the process of cancer-cell migration from one location in the body to another and the cause of more than 90 percent of cancer deaths.
How cancer cells break free from tumors
New MIT study identifies adhesion molecules key to cancer’s spread through the body.
Uncovering a key player in metastasis
MIT cancer biologists determine how platelets in the bloodstream help cancer cells form new tumors.
Tumor cells go against the flow
Microfluidic model helps explain how fluid’s flow in bodily tissue influences tumor cell migration.