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• Cellular “Backpacks” to Slow Tumor Growth
  Macrophages are the body’s multipurpose defense agents, patrolling for pathogens and engulfing cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes, and even cancer cells. But cancerous tumors have evolved an insidious defense mechanism: they can switch arriving macrophages from an anti-cancer state to a pro-cancer state, in which they help promote the tumor’s growth. As a result, attempts...

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• Research Spotlights
  
  An ionic forcefield for nanoparticles
  November 25, 2020
• Awards
  
  Wyss Institute Celebrates Highly Cited and Top Translational Researchers
  November 20, 2020
• Press Release
  
  Turning the problem of cancer metastasis into an opportunity
  November 16, 2020

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• Sep 20, 2019,
  8:20am - 6:00pm
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  Wyss Symposium 2019: Next-Generation Diagnostics
  The 10th International Wyss Institute Symposium will focus on Next-Generation Diagnostics; convening the Institute’s vast network of collaborators, students, researchers, faculty and clinicians alongside industrial researchers, and members of academic institutions and foundations leading the development of diagnostics technology. This year’s Symposium will highlight the latest developments of this emerging field and address the need... Free and open to public
• Nov 30, 2018,
  12:00pm - 1:00pm
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  Surgical Horizons Seminar Series: Overcoming Biological Barriers for Drug Delivery
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center invites emerging senior leaders from both surgical and non-surgical disciplines who are currently pursuing endeavors that promise to dramatically alter the landscape of care for the surgical patient to speak as part of this monthly seminar series. On November 30, Wyss Core Faculty Member, Samir Mitragotri will be speaking on... Free and open to public
• Oct 15, 2018,
  1:50pm - 5:15pm
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  KIST-DFCI Symposium
  Please join the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) for a Symposium featuring presentations by Wyss Faculty members, David Mooney and Samir Mitragotri. David Mooney will present on biomaterials to build immunity and Samir Mitragotri will focus on synergistic drug combinations for cancer therapy. Fore more information or to... Free and open to public

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  Le Lab Presents: Designing Future Therapeutics with Samir Mitragotri
  Wyss Core Faculty member Samir Mitragotri, Ph.D. presented a talk at Le Laboratoire Cambridge on February 13th, 2019, titled Designing Future Therapeutics. Effective delivery of therapeutics is a major problem in today’s healthcare. At a fundamental level, the challenge of therapeutic delivery reflects the fact that the drug distribution in the body is limited by body’s...