The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT

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Using MIT ingenuity to create knowledge, tools, and treatments to fight cancer

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Our Research Areas

From fundamental discoveries to engineering advances, we strategically pursue five areas of research that, across tumor types, are critical for rapid progress toward defeating cancer.

As a National Cancer Institute-designated basic cancer research center, we produce knowledge and tools to fight one of humanity's most persistent challenges.

NCI Cancer Center: A Cancer Center Designated by the National Cancer Institute
Detection & monitoring  
Metastasis  
Immunology & immunotherapy  
Nano-based drugs  
Precision medicine  

News

Koehler to lead MIT HEALS

MIT Office of the President

February 21, 2025

Congratulations to Angela Koehler on being named director of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS). MIT HEALS was established last year to bring together researchers from across the Institute to innovate new solutions to urgent challenges in health care. Koehler will be joined by two associate directors: Department of Biology professor Iain Cheeseman and Department of Biological Engineering professor Katharina Ribbeck.

Be aware of the blob

Scientific American

Scientific American explains how the discovery of biomolecular condensates— blobs of DNA, protein, and other molecules—has changed our understanding of how cells carry out critical functions.

Langer lauded for lipids

Camurus Lipid Science Foundation

Congratulations to Robert Langer for receiving the 2025 Lipid Science Prize from the Camurus Lipid Research Foundation! 

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At the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, scientists and engineers work together to solve some of the most difficult problems in cancer. We ask big questions in strategic areas, where the answers have big impacts on how we understand and treat cancer.