Fighting cancer with the power of immunity | MIT News
New treatment elicits two-pronged immune response that destroys tumors in mice.
Oct. 24, 2016 • ~7 min
A new strategy for choosing cancer drugs | MIT News
Device can predict tumor responses by measuring cell growth after drug exposure.
Oct. 10, 2016 • ~6 min
Gene therapy technique may help prevent cancer metastasis | MIT News
Gene-regulating RNA molecules could help treat early-stage breast cancer tumors before they spread.
Sept. 19, 2016 • ~5 min
High-capacity nanoparticle | MIT News
Particles that carry three or more drugs hold potential for targeted cancer therapy.
Sept. 14, 2016 • ~6 min
Microchip enables fast, precise measurement of single-cell growth | MIT News
Device that measures growth of many individual cells simultaneously could lead to rapid tests for antibiotics.
Sept. 5, 2016 • ~8 min
Using light to control genome editing | MIT News
New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted.
Aug. 25, 2016 • ~6 min
Targeting genes by the thousands | MIT News
PhD student Tim Wang uses CRISPR to take a big-picture approach to cancer research.
Aug. 2, 2016 • ~8 min
Why working the night shift can pose a cancer risk | MIT News
New study reveals a link between circadian clock disruption and tumor growth.
July 28, 2016 • ~5 min
Patch that delivers drug, gene, and light-based therapy to tumor sites shows promising results | MIT News
In mice, device destroyed colorectal tumors and prevented remission after surgery.
July 25, 2016 • ~6 min
Cancer-fighting bacteria | MIT News
Engineers program E. coli to destroy tumor cells.
July 20, 2016 • ~6 min
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