A new approach to drugging a difficult cancer target

Study suggests an alternative way to treat tumors that are dependent on the cancer-promoting Myc protein.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 14, 2019 ~7 min

New optical imaging system could be deployed to find tiny tumors

Near-infrared technology pinpoints fluorescent probes deep within living tissue; may be used to detect cancer earlier.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 7, 2019 ~7 min


Predicting sequence from structure

Researchers have devised a faster, more efficient way to design custom peptides and perturb protein-protein interactions.

Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology • mit
Feb. 15, 2019 ~7 min

Why too much DNA repair can injure tissue

Overactive repair system promotes cell death following DNA damage by certain toxins, study shows.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 12, 2019 ~6 min

A better way to measure cell survival

New test rapidly evaluates the effect of drugs and potentially toxic compounds on cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 5, 2019 ~6 min

Bacteria promote lung tumor development, study suggests

Antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs may help combat lung cancer.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 31, 2019 ~5 min

To guide cancer therapy, device quickly tests drugs on tumor tissue

Inexpensive 3-D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 12, 2018 ~9 min

New drug combination could be more effective against melanoma

Chemists discover an unexpected synergy between two types of cancer drugs.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 3, 2018 ~6 min


The long and short of CDK12

A new study linking RNA processing to DNA repair may open new avenues to cancer therapy.

Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute • mit
Nov. 30, 2018 ~8 min

Measuring cancer cell “fitness” reveals drug susceptibility

Together, cell growth rate and gene expression shed light on why some tumor cells survive treatment.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 29, 2018 ~8 min

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