In a White House announcement, Tyler Jacks was recognized by the President for his depth of experience and tremendous dedication to cancer research.  read more

Robert Langer will be honored at an October 20 ceremony as the 2011 winner in the category of bioscience.  Tom Standage, chair of the judging panel, described Langer as "one of the most innovative and influential biomedical engineers of our time."  read more

David H. Koch Institute Professor Robert Langer is one of two recipients of this year's prestigious $250,000 prize. 
The award recognizes research discoveries that show strong promise for improving human health.  read more
 

A single tumor can contain cells in many different states.  For example, a tumor might include stem-like cells that can seed new tumors as well as non-stem-like cells.  The proportions of these different cell states remain constant over time within a tumor - a finding that has long puzzled scientists.  Now, a new mathematical model published in the August 19, 2011 edition of Cell demonstrates that cancer cells are actually able to interconvert between states to maintain equilibrium.  This finding brings new light to the effort to understand complexity within populations of cells, and also has implications for improving anticancer therapies.   read more

In a paper recently published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the KI’s Langer Lab and the MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lab describe a new technique for building microparticles using a microscopic casting mold. The technique allows the scientists to control the shape and drug-release properties of microparticles, and could eventually be used to build large artificial tissues and organs.  read more

Two Koch Institute members were recognized for outstanding achievement and contributions to science by the American Chemical Society.  Robert S. Langer and Stephen J. Lippard will be honored at the society’s upcoming 242nd National Meeting in Denver.  read more   ACS Video