Cancer has a talent for hiding in plain sight, cloaking itself in sugary molecules that convince the immune system to stand ...

Tyler Jacks, PhD, will step down from the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. after serving as director for over 19 years. Dr. Jacks will continue cancer genetics ...

Researchers demonstrated that newly developed molecules designed to block an immune checkpoint can trigger a powerful immune response against tumors. Scientists at MIT and Stanford University have ...

A fatty diet doesn’t just damage the liver — it rewires its cells in ways that give cancer a dangerous head start.

Early detection is key when it comes boosting survival rates for cancer patients, and there are a lot of ways scientists are working to swing the odds in their favor. Urine tests that pick up ...

Researchers at MIT have published a paper about an adhesive hydrogel patch that could be used in the treatment of colorectal tumors after surgery. Surgery is often the first treatment used in cases of ...

Dr. White is a professor of biological engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a member of both the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the MIT Center for ...

Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL division, which focuses on computer engineering and AI development, built two machine learning algorithms that can detect pancreatic cancer at a higher threshold than ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Cancer survivor Dr. Regina Barzilay is a cancer survivor who is using her experience to help others. The professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped develop a way for ...

Early detection of breast cancer is the strongest predictor of survival, with up to 99% of women receiving successful treatment as long as the disease does not spread within the breasts or to other ...

Two new pancreatic cancer research laboratories opening at MIT and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are giving researchers and patients renewed hope in fighting a disease that claims thousands of ...

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have unveiled a promising new way to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells ...