The Koch Institute grows out of and transcends the MIT Center for Cancer Research (CCR), which was founded in 1974 by Nobel Laureate and MIT Professor Salvador Luria. It is one of eight National Cancer Institute-designated basic (non-clinical) research centers in the U.S. Learn more
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Eric Soller discusses his image, "Friend or Foe: Wound-Healing Cells Quarantine Foreign Materials," one of ten winners of the 2011 Koch Institute Image Awards. See the image at: http://ki.mit.edu/galleries/2011/holz.
Learn more about the work that Professor Cima's lab is doing to create tiny nanosensors that are chemically sensitive to different molecules--and how they hope these sensors can be used to help determine proper dosage for chemotherapy.
Learn more about the work that Professor Lees and her lab are doing to understand how proteins and pathways are mutated in cancer--and how they hope to make advances in detecting and hopefully treating osteosarcoma.
Learn more about the Vander Heiden lab and their efforts to better understand cancer cell metabolism and how small molecules might be used to activate enzymes and restore the normal state of cells.
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