MIT Technology Review (@technologyreview.com) shines a spotlight on the cutting-edge work taking place in Giovanni Traverso’s lab. From ingestible biosensor pills to capsules that can replace insulin shots, Traverso is focused on improving patients’ lives.   mit-ki.org/3KOLL1u

A new @NatureMaterials study from the Hammond and former Irvine labs shows IL-12 nanoparticles paired w/ checkpoint inhibitors eliminated metastatic ovarian tumors in >80% of mice and formed lasting immune memory. Story: news.mit.edu/2025/new-nan...

Can we demystify endometriosis? On NPR’s Science Fridays, Linda Griffith highlights challenges in endometriosis—from ‘squeamishness’ around basic conversations to difficulties in clinical diagnosis—and promising research innovations in modeling and treatment. mit-ki.org/4pRloXq

Can we demystify endometriosis? On NPR’s Science Fridays, Linda Griffith highlights challenges in endometriosis—from ‘squeamishness’ around basic conversations to difficulties in clinical diagnosis—and promising research innovations in modeling and treatment. mit-ki.org/4pRloXq

Happy New Year from the Koch Institute! Wishing our community a year filled with discovery, collaboration, and progress.

MIT Technology Review (@technologyreview.com) shines a spotlight on the cutting-edge work taking place in Giovanni Traverso’s lab. From ingestible biosensor pills to capsules that can replace insulin shots, Traverso is focused on improving patients’ lives.   mit-ki.org/3KOLL1u

A new @NatureMaterials study from the Hammond and former Irvine labs shows IL-12 nanoparticles paired w/ checkpoint inhibitors eliminated metastatic ovarian tumors in >80% of mice and formed lasting immune memory. Story: news.mit.edu/2025/new-nan...

Mini Brains, Major Insights: Robert Langer & Li-Huei Tsai developed “miBrains,” 3D human brain tissue models for disease research and drug testing. Scalable, customizable, and made from donors’ iPSCs, they integrate all major brain cell types. Read more: bit.ly/3rM7iBrains

Mini Brains, Major Insights: Robert Langer & Li-Huei Tsai developed “miBrains,” 3D human brain tissue models for disease research and drug testing. Scalable, customizable, and made from donors’ iPSCs, they integrate all major brain cell types. Read more: bit.ly/3rM7iBrains

Out today in @cp-cell.bsky.social! We studied how environmental stresses like high-fat diets today can prime tumorigenesis months to years in the future (1/n)

Elicio Therapeutics’ Phase 2 trial of its KRAS-targeted cancer vaccine shows promising results: 99% of evaluable pancreatic cancer patients mounted an immune response and 88% responded to their own tumor-specific mutation. www.investing.com/news/company...

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re highlighting some of the year’s standout KI research—from ovarian immunotherapy and CAR-NK cells to antibody-guided chemo, AI-designed nanoparticles, and cancer cell dormancy. More on our website: buff.ly/N3N2YvF

Computational prediction of human genetic variants in the mouse genome - @fsrmit.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social go.nature.com/4qbEfg1

Out now: We present antibody-lectin chimeras (AbLecs) as a molecular platform to target sugars, or glycans, for cancer immunotherapy. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social

Predicting better lipids: In a cover-winning @natbiotech.nature.com paper, the Anderson & Langer Labs screened 1.6M lipids in silico to speed up successful designs for mRNA delivery to lungs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ankyra has dosed its first patient with ANK‑101 (anchored IL‑12 drug conjugate), developed with support from KI and the Marble Center. The drug will be tested with checkpoint blockade therapy in lung cancer patients. mit-ki.org/4rG6iFY

Congratulations to Paula Hammond, named MIT’s new Dean of Engineering! Her leadership, mentorship & pioneering work in materials science and nanomedicine have shaped MIT & the future of engineering — we’re excited for her next chapter. bit.ly/49ZSFLy

Dial M for modulation: The Galloway Lab has developed DIAL, a platform that enables researchers to fine-tune the expression of synthetic genes after they’re delivered to target cells. This approach supports more uniform, stable control for precision gene therapies. buff.ly/r0fK9k8

Congrats to Ram Sasisekharan on the accelerated FDA approval of the drug sibeprenlimab for treating IgA nephropathy (IgAN) - a disease where the build-up of abnormal antibodies impedes the kidney’s ability to filter wastes and often leads to kidney damage and failure. buff.ly/B2hTGfl

Mapped to purrfection: Burge Lab researchers have developed KATMAP, a new framework for predicting gene splicing. Reported in Nature Biotechnology, KATMAP enables deeper investigation into how splicing mutations drive disease & how nucleic acid therapies reshape splicing. buff.ly/D39rlCa

Congratulations to Alice Hall, MIT ChemE senior and Langer Lab alum, on being named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar! Next stop: Oxford for a DPhil advancing sustainable heating & cooling. news.mit.edu/2025/four-mi...

How do dormant cancer cells turn dangerous? Weinberg lab research in PNAS shows inflammation sparks reactivation, while M2 macrophages and EGFR ligands accelerate growth. Cells then develop an “awakening memory,” staying active without cues: news.mit.edu/2025/inflamm...

Jeremiah Johnson gives chemotherapy a “bottlebrush” boost: antibody-targeted polymer particles carry hundreds of drug molecules directly to cancer cells, wiping out most tumors in mice. news.mit.edu/2025/bottleb...

🚨 Attention undergraduate scientists and engineers! 🚨 Want to spend a summer doing research at MIT? Join us for the 2026 MIT Summer Research Program! Learn more and apply: oge.mit.edu/msrp/ @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social

Thank you to Dr. David Mutch of Washington University in St. Louis for delivering the Judith Ann Lippard Memorial Lecture. His insightful talk highlighted how far we’ve come—& how far we’ve yet to go—in understanding & treating endometrial cancer. ki.mit.edu/events/prize...

Cima Lab alum Canan Dagdeviren’s breast-cancer–detecting bra launched into space aboard Blue Origin’s all-female crew. In microgravity, tumor growth accelerates—helping fast-track innovations in early detection back on Earth. news.mit.edu/2025/breast-...

A new @nature.com study from the Yilmaz lab suggests cysteine-rich diets may help the gut heal by activating an immune pathway that enables stem cells to regrow intestinal tissue—offering insights for repairing damage from radiation or chemo. buff.ly/7XvSd11

Thanks to all who attended the 2025 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award ceremony. The award honors exceptional graduate work done outside the US & brings winners to the KI to share their science. Congrats to Sourav Ghosh & Kotaro Tomuro on engaging talks. mit-ki.org/46zzJB5

Great to see this story in print! Congrats @megtriesscience.bsky.social @douglaspdyer.bsky.social and team! Looking forward to sharing Megan's first contributions as a postdoc in our lab at @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social soon... 👀

The Chen Lab has identified a one-step way to engineer CAR NK-cells that are more effective, less likely to be rejected, and faster to manufacture — a path toward off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapies given at diagnosis, weeks sooner than current options. 🧪 news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...

From eerie cells to ghostly glows, our researchers are serving frightfully good science this Halloween! These spooky selections from the #KIImages collection prove that science can be drop-dead gorgeous: ki-images.mit.edu

Join us on Nov. 6th at 10 a.m. as our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay & Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN & UTokyo_News_en share their work! MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp

Embark on a journey of discovery! Catch October’s Cancer Solutions email newsletter & subscribe to follow the quest for groundbreaking cancer research. Read: mailchi.mp/mit/cancer-s... Subscribe: ki.mit.edu/news/newslet...

Drs. Fuguo Liu and Jianzhu Chen at the @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social have made a new way to engineer CAR-NK cells that makes them much less likely to be rejected by the patient’s #ImmuneSystem. Learn how this aids the development of “off-the-shelf” CAR-NK cells: https://bit.ly/3KIOPf9

Deadline extended! MIT students, faculty & staff—there's still time to submit your most biomedical images for the 2026 Image Awards Competition - winners will be included in our #KIimages exhibition. The deadline is now October 14th. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards

Celebrating National Nano Day with nanoscale innovation—the Bhatia Lab’s sensors combine precision and speed to detect cancer biomarkers early. news.mit.edu/2023/simple-...

From lab to large scale—on National Nano Day, we celebrate the Hammond Lab’s nanoparticle manufacturing platform, making advanced therapeutics more accessible. news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...

Happy National Nano Day! In Giovanni Traverso’s Lab, innovation happens at the nanoscale. The Composite Material Transformer is redefining precision in lipid nanoparticle design. See how this tool is shaping the future of nanomedicine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpm...

#NatMetabPicks | In @nature.com led by O Yilmaz ( @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social ) Coupled cysteine metabolism between intestinal stem cells and mucosal CD8αβ+ T cells increases intestinal stemness. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Discover the story behind the biotech industry and the man at the center of changing it forever: Phil Sharp. Watch Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution’ on PBS Independent Lens starting October 6.  Check your local listings here: pbs.org/tv_schedules/

We’re cheering on Traverso Lab PhD student Sanghyun Park — 2024 #KIimages Award winner & finalist in the National Inventors Hall of Fame 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition! Join us — vote daily through 10/15, 5pm ET: www.invent.org/collegiate-i...

Could your research be a work of art? MIT students, faculty & staff—submit your most vibrant biomedical images for the 2026 Image Awards Competition — winners will be included in our #KIimages exhibition. The deadline is October 10th. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards

Join us on Nov. 6th at 10 a.m. as our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay & Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN & UTokyo_News_en share their work! MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Next-generation drug and vaccine delivery for global health” with Ana Jaklenec from the MIT @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social#BeilsteinTalk is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal of the TIB Hannover: 🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/71586 #DrugDelivery #GlobalHealth #BeilsteinTalks

Join us on Sunday, Sept. 21st at the Cambridge Science Carnival! Stop by our booth, for Decoding Gene-ius, to uncover DNA secrets & explore how genes guide medicine. Full schedule of free events at cambridgesciencecarnival.org #CSC2025

Frame your science in a new light! MIT students, faculty & staff—submit your most striking biomedical visuals for the 2026 Image Awards Competition - winners will be included in our #KIimages exhibition. The deadline is October 10th. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards

Congrats to @MichaelJCima on FDA approval of INLEXZO™, a pretzel-shaped intravesical device for bladder cancer. First developed in the Cima Lab, it delivers chemo “low and slow,” improving outcomes for patients whose cancers resist standard treatments. buff.ly/Dce91KC

MIT and danafarber.bsky.social researchers: The Bridge Project is now accepting proposals for translational cancer research projects. Proposals are due by 10:00AM EDT Tuesday October 14, 2025. For more details: ki.mit.edu/bridge-RFA

Join us on Sunday, Sept. 21st at the Cambridge Science Carnival! Stop by our booth, for Decoding Gene-ius, to uncover DNA secrets & explore how genes guide medicine. Full schedule of free events at cambridgesciencecarnival.org #CSC2025

We mourn the loss of David Baltimore, founding member of MIT’s Center for Cancer Research, founding director of @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social & Nobel laureate. His leadership helped shape the KI’s culture of inquiry & collaboration. bit.ly/remembering-...