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  • How diet affects tumors

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    October 20, 2021

    Image: Christine Daniloff, stock image A new study finds cutting off cells' supplies of lipids can slow the growth of tumors in mice. In recent years, there has been some evidence that dietary interventions can help to slow the growth of tumors. A new study from MIT, which analyzed two different diets in mice, reveals…

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  • Counting cells may shed light on how cancer spreads

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    September 28, 2021

      Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT  MIT engineers devised a way to count elusive circulating tumor cells in mice, allowing them to study the dynamics of metastasis. As tumors grow within an organ, they also release cells that enter the bloodstream. These cells can travel to other organs, seeding new tumors called metastases. MIT engineers have…

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  • The power of two

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    June 30, 2021

    Photo: Matthew Brown Graduate student Ellen Zhong helped biologists and mathematicians reach across departmental lines to address a longstanding problem in electron microscopy. MIT’s Hockfield Court is bordered on the west by the ultramodern Stata Center, with its reflective, silver alcoves that jut off at odd angles, and on the east by Building 68, which…

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