http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/cancer-research.html Cancer research headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/cancer-research.html 88 31 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/koch-0622.html Researchers from around the world discussed some of the latest developments at the June 19 annual symposium of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, held in Kresge Auditorium. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/koch-0622.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/metastasis-0612.html High levels of a tiny fragment of RNA appear to suppress the spread of breast cancer in mice, according to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/metastasis-0612.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/cancer-detect-0512.html MIT researchers have developed the first implantable device that can monitor a tumor for weeks or months after a biopsy, tracking its growth and how it responds to treatment. Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/cancer-detect-0512.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/gold-cancer-0504.html MIT researchers have developed tiny gold particles that can home in on tumors, and then, by absorbing energy from near-infrared light and emitting it as heat, destroy tumors with minimal side effects. Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/gold-cancer-0504.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/synthesis-0424.html For the first time, MIT chemists have synthesized a complex compound, first discovered in ocean-living fungus, that has shown the ability to kill cancer cells. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/synthesis-0424.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/cancer-test-0324.html Scientists at MIT, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical Schoolhave developed a test that could help doctors precisely identify which breast cancer patients should receive aggressive therapy. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/cancer-test-0324.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/hynes-q&a-tt0318.html MIT Professor Richard Hynes discusses the impact of President Obama's recent announcement that the federal government will expand its funding of certain types of embryonic stem cell research. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/hynes-q&a-tt0318.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/obama-stem-0310.html H. Robert Horvitz, the David H. Koch Professor of Biology, was among a group of 10 Nobel laureates who stood alongside President Barack Obama on Monday, March 9, as he signed an executive order on stem cell research. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/obama-stem-0310.html