News 12.11.2024 #WhyIScience Q&A: A computational biologist’s world travels have shaped her approach to research Wolu Chukwu talks about how she brings a community-first focus to her work in cancer genetics. Cancer Program Cancer Read more
News 11.21.2024 Researchers identify source of a brain cancer’s deadly transformation Slow-growing glioma tumors become more aggressive when their cells shift identities and acquire new genetic mutations. Gene Regulation Observatory Cancer Read more
News 11.06.2024 Q&A: How a partnership between physicians and researchers aims to make cancer drugs safer Ó³»´«Ã½ and Mass General researcher Alexandra-Chloé Villani and Mass General oncologist Kerry Reynolds describe their pioneering effort to better understand, diagnose, and manage dangerous complications from cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Read more
News 11.06.2024 Study reveals how cancer immunotherapy may cause heart inflammation in some patients Myocarditis is driven by a different immune response than the anti-tumor one, suggesting that the serious complication could one day be managed without halting cancer therapy. Cancer RNA sequencing Read more
News 10.30.2024 Researchers map communities of single cells in metastatic breast cancers The team compared different single-cell and spatial profiling methods to explore the diversity of cells in metastatic breast cancer biopsies. Cancer Spatial -omics Single Cell Read more
News 10.29.2024 New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models BRD-810 inhibits the MCL1 protein and reactivates apoptosis in tumor cells, displaying therapeutic potential in animal models. Center for the Development of Therapeutics Licensing data, tools, and technologies Cancer Drug discovery Read more
News 07.25.2024 Researchers identify cheap and effective biomarkers for DCIS tumor stage New study shows how leveraging unsupervised learning can decode DCIS progression from chromatin images. Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center Machine learning Cancer Data science Machine Learning Read more
News 07.11.2024 Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection Exploiting "viral mimicry," mIDH1 inhibitors trick tumors into thinking they are infected with a virus. Cancer Program Cancer Read more
News 06.14.2024 Some CRISPR screens may be missing cancer drug targets Current CRISPR guides don’t work equally well in cells from people of all ancestries, which could lead to false negative results. Cancer DepMap CRISPR Read more
News 05.09.2024 Calico and Ó³»´«Ã½ extend collaboration, adding focus on age-related neurodegeneration The renewed agreement will continue to support ongoing programs focused on the biology and genetics of aging as well as early-stage drug discovery. Aging Cancer Neurodegeneration Read more