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2024

Enabling early lung cancer detection via inhalable sensors

January 5, 2024 | Read more from MIT News

2023

New Medium Mimics Metabolism

September 8, 2023 | Cell Chemical Biology | Read more from KI News

A simple paper test could offer early cancer diagnosis

April 25, 2023 | Nature Nanotechnology | Read more from MIT News

2022

	Work from the Vander Heiden lab provides a mechanistic explanation for why hypoxic cancer cells depend on imported lipids for growth. June 23, 2022 \| Nature Metabolism \| Read more: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, BioSpace
	Congratulations to Ludwig Center members Sangeeta Bhatia and Michael Hemann on winning a 2022 Bose grant for ambitious ideas! June 17, 2022 \| Read more: MIT News
	Ludwig Center members Tyler Jacks and Stefani Spranger collaborated with their KI colleague Forest White on deciphering the immunopeptidome in vivo to reveal new tumor antigens. June 15, 2022 \| Nature
	A new CRISPR-based map developed by the Weissman lab ties every human gene to its function. June 9, 2022 \| Cell \| Read more: MIT News
	Congratulations to Ludwig Center member Sangeeta Bhatia who was included in Fierce Pharma's list of "Most influential people in biopharma" for her initiative to support women interested in starting their own biotech companies. May 23, 2022
	Manalis lab study finds cells take out the trash before they divide. May 10, 2022 \| eLife
	For the first time since 2019, the Ludwig Center at MIT gathered for an in-person retreat at MIT's Endicott House. Presentations and posters made for lively discussion and connection. May 5, 2022
	Work from the Weissman and Jacks labs shows that tracing a cancer's family tree to its roots reveals how tumors grow May 5, 2022 \| Cell \| Read more: STAT
	Congratulations to Ludwig Center member Richard Hynes for being awarded the 2022 Stephen Schwartz Award for mentoring by the North American Vascular Biology Organization May 5, 2022
	A study from the Weinberg lab dives deeper into EMT to shed some (dimmer-switch) light on the process of metastasis April 18, 2022 \| Nature Cell Biology \| Read more: Whitehead Institute
	Ludwig Center at MIT member Sangeeta Bhatia co-authors a review on early cancer detection March 18, 2022 \| Science
	Congratulations to Ludwig Center member Sangeeta Bhatia for making it on STAT's STATUS List of top leaders and influencers in the life sciences, for her work on creating opportunities for women in STEM March 2022 \| STAT News
	Ludwig Center at MIT welcomes two new faculty pilot members: Drs. Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera and Yadira Soto-Feliciano February 1, 2022
	A collaborative project of the Vander Heiden lab highlights metabolic interactions that make pancreatic tumor cells grow January 21, 2022 \| Science Advances

2021

	In a collaboration with the Shalek lab, the Manalis lab finds that measuring cancer cell state can reveal drug susceptibility December 9, 2021 \| Cell
	A new study from the Vander Heiden lab finds cutting off cells’ supplies of lipids can slow the growth of tumors in mice October 20, 2021 \| Nature
	Manalis Lab engineers devised a way to count elusive circulating tumor cells in mice, allowing them to study the dynamics of metastasis September 28, 2021 \| Nature Communications
	Jacks Lab researchers establish that vaccinating certain proteins found on cancer cells could help to enhance the T cell response to tumors September 16, 2021 \| Cell
	Ludwig Center at MIT welcomes two new faculty members: Drs. Stefani Spranger and Jonathan Weissman July 1, 2021
	Congratulations to Ludwig Center member Matthew Vander Heiden for being selected as the new Director of MIT's Koch Institute April 1, 2021 \| Read more: MIT News, Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, Endpoints News
	A collaboration between MIT Ludwig Center member Matt Vander Heiden and Harvard Ludwig Center member Rakesh Jain highlights the role of fatty acid synthesis in breast cancer cells that have spread to the brain, potentially leading to new treatment strategies April 1, 2021 \| Nature Cancer \| Read more: Mass General Press
	Ludwig Center member Sangeeta Bhatia co-launches Future Founders, an initiative to increase female MIT faculty's entrepreneurship in biotech, and supports wider efforts to support women in biotech February 24, 2021 \| Read more: Boston Globe, WGBH News
	Robert Weinberg, director of the Ludwig Center at MIT, is a 2021 Japan Prize Foundation laureate in the field of Medical Science and Medicinal Science January 29, 2021 \| Read more: Japan Prize Foundation, MIT News, KI News
	Vander Heiden Lab study sheds light on the longstanding question of why cancer cells get their energy from fermentation January 15, 2021 \| Molecular Cell
	Congratulations to the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (@Ludwig_Cancer) and its global community on 50 years of advancing life-changing science. 2021

2020

	The Weinberg Lab has determined how mesenchymal cancer cells may resist treatment; this work may allow researchers to make once-resistant tumors respond to certain cancer therapies December 16, 2020 \| Cancer Discovery \| Read more: Whitehead Institute News
	The Ludwig Center at MIT mourns the passing of faculty member Angelika Amon October 29, 2020
	Michael Hemann presents "New Mechanisms for Old Cancer Drugs" as part of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer seminar series October 1, 2020
	Vander Heiden Lab collaborates with Ludwig Center at Harvard September 1, 2020 \| Cell Metabolism \| Read more: The Harvard Gazette
	Allison Lau and colleagues in the Vander Heiden Lab dissect cell type-specific metabolism in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma July 10, 2020 \| eLife \| Read more: Science in Boston
	Bhatia Lab-designed nanoparticles stimulate a boost for cancer immunotherapy June 1, 2020 \| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
	Robert Weinberg presents "Effects of epithelial-mesenghymal polarization on carcinoma cell biology" as part of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer seminar series May 26, 2020
	Aviv Regev presents "Atlases as roadmaps to understanding tumors" as part of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer seminar series May 7, 2020
	Angelika Amon presents "How aneuploidy causes tumorigenesis" as part of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer seminar series April 16, 2020
	Tyler Jacks presents "Molecular dissection of tumor evolution" as part of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer seminar series April 14, 2020
	Bhatia Lab develops new sensors that could offer early detection of lung tumors April 1, 2020 \| Science Translational Medicine

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2019

	Colleagues from the Jacks and Vander Heiden Labs identify a new pathway for lung cancer treatment November 6, 2019 \| Science Translational Medicine \| Read more: NIH Director's Blog
	This year's annual retreat gathers members of the Ludwig Center for another inspiring session and some group bonding May 7, 2019
	Hynes Lab homes in on a new approach to targeting tumors and tracking their spread May 6, 2019 \| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
	Vander Heiden Lab wants to highlight the fluid that feeds tumor cells April 16, 2019 \| eLife \| Read more: STAT
	Manalis team technique highlights that acoustic waves can monitor stiffness of living cells February 11, 2019 \| Nature Methods
	Jacks, Manalis, and Vander Heiden teams' collaboration from microfluidics to metastasis January 21, 2019 \| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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2018

	Vander Heiden Lab finds that restricting a key cellular nutrient could slow tumor growth June 28, 2018 \| Nature Cell Biology
	Vander Heiden Lab discovers how pancreatic tumors lead to weight loss June 20, 2018 \| Nature
	Ludwig Center members enjoy a successful retreat at MIT's Endicott House May 30, 2018
	Weinberg finds that perioperative NSAIDs may prevent early metastatic relapse in post-surgical breast cancer patients April 11, 2018 \| Science Translational Medicine \| Read more: UPI, WBUR

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2017

	Hemann and Lees Labs identify possible new strategy for halting brain tumors September 28, 2017 \| Cancer Cell
	Bob Weinberg one of three MIT biologists to receive NIH Outstanding Investigator Awards September 19, 2017
	MIT's Endicott House welcomes Ludwig Center faculty and trainees for their annual retreat May 23, 2017
	Bhatia Lab's new technology can detect tiny ovarian tumors April 10, 2017 \| Nature Biomedical Engineering

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2016

	Gertler's biomarker could help guide cancer therapy, avoid drug resistance November 22, 2016 \| Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
	Bhatia Lab's nanosensors could help determine tumors’ ability to remodel tissue September 29, 2016 \| Nano Letters
	Bhatia Lab uses light to control genome editing August 25, 2016 \| Angewandte Chemie
	Bhatia and collagues program cancer-fighting bacteria June 20, 2016 \| Nature \| Read more: Boston Magazine
	SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: Masterclass with Tyler Jacks (video) May 25, 2016
	Ludwig Center faculty and trainees enjoy this year's retreat May 24, 2016
	Gertler Lab's focus on the Mena protein helps in paving the way for metastasis March 15, 2016 \| Cancer Discovery

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2015

	Sangeeta Bhatia among four MIT faculty named 2015 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors December 18, 2015
	SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: Masterclass with Robert Weinberg (video) November 19, 2015
	Bhatia Lab grabs headlines by diagnosing cancer with help from bacteria May 27, 2015 \| Science Translational Medicine \| Read more: Scientific American (Audio); Boston Globe; Science; Los Angeles Times; BBC; BetaBoston
	Ludwig Center faculty and trainees gather at MIT's Endicott House for a full day retreat May 19, 2015

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2014

	Jacks Lab puts CRISPR to the task of fast modeling of cancer mutations October 22, 2014 \| Nature
	Jacks Lab sequences cancer cell genomes to reveal a new view of tumors’ evolution March 13, 2014 \| Cell
	Hynes Lab identifies key to metastasis in how tumors escape March 11, 2014 \| eLife
	Hemann Lab targets recurrent tumors with new weapon that fights drug-resistant tumors January 30, 2014 \| Cell
	Ludwig Cancer Research gives $90 million to MIT January 6, 2014

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