Cancer

Why cancer drugs lose their powerMIT biologists show how tumors can become resistant to the commonly used chemotherapy drug cisplatin.

Weighing the cellMIT biological engineers devise a way to measure, for the first time, how single cells accumulate mass.

To starve a tumorMIT’s Matthew Vander Heiden is part of a new generation of cancer researchers trying to exploit cancer cells’ strange metabolism.

Listening in on single cellsA novel sensor array is the first to detect single molecules produced by living cells.

New and improved RNA interferenceResearchers use RNA interference to silence multiple genes at once. The advance, which one expert calls a ‘substantial breakthrough,’ could lead to new treatments for liver diseases.

Explained: RNA interferenceExploiting the recently discovered mechanism could allow biologists to develop disease treatments by shutting down specific genes.

Nanoparticles for gene therapy improveMIT team’s nanoparticles could become a safer alternative to gene therapy delivered by viruses.

Possible origins of pancreatic cancer revealedTumors can arise from different cell types in the pancreas, depending on the circumstances, according to MIT cancer biologists.

Cancer research gets physical5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund projects by physicists that give a new view of cancer cells.

Protein is linked to lung cancer developmentDrugs that inhibit the protein, which normally helps defend cells from infection, could target tumors in certain lung cancer patients.

Two from MIT elected to the Institute of MedicineProfessor of Economics Amy Finkelstein and Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute, join arm of the National Academies of Science.

In Profile: Scott ManalisHis technology to weigh single cells led to an unexpected research focus: figuring out how cancerous cells escape normal growth controls.

Taking aim at aggressive cancer cellsResearchers use novel stem-cell method to discover chemical with potency against breast tumors in mice

Koch Institute symposium targets tumor metastasis

RNA snippet suppresses spread of aggressive breast cancer

Implantable device offers continuous cancer monitoringNew device could track tumor's growth

Targeting tumors using tiny gold particlesGold nanorods could detect, treat cancer

Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity

Q&A with Richard Hynes on stem cell funding

New gel offers controlled drug deliverySelf-assembling hydrogel could help treat cancer and diabetes, among other diseases

Potential cancer-causing genes removed from engineered stem cellsWhitehead work involved reprogrammed skin cells from Parkinson's patient

Gold starGeoffrey von Maltzahn awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for innovations in fight against cancer

RNA interference can suppress ovarian tumor growthStudy offers promise for new cancer treatments

Preventing prostate cancer the complex way