讲者：
Susan Hockfield: MIT President
Professor of Neuroscience
Hockfield's MIT biography
Robert J. Silbey: Dean, School of Science and
Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry
Silbey's MIT Chemistry website
Tyler Jacks: Director, Center for Cancer Research and
David H. Koch Professor of Biology, MIT
Jacks' MIT website
关于本次演讲：
This inaugural address lays the groundwork for an 11-part series on MIT's efforts in cancer research. Susan Hockfield views MIT's Center for Cancer Research as a central example of how "life sciences are coming into conversation with engineering in a powerful way." Robert Silbey provides historical background on the notion of faculty hort courses', and positions the Center as "the jewel in the crown of MIT, a spawning ground for scientific discovery and rewards."
Tyler Jacks introduces the key research areas and scientists who will speak in the succeeding sessions. He offers a thumbnail sketch of cancer as a molecular genetic progression involving sequential alterations in, and the proliferation of, abnormal cells. "Think of a cancer cell like an integrated circuit: the same kinds of complexities in electronic networks also exist within cells," notes Jacks. Because of work on the human genome, and advances in scientists' ability to untangle these complex molecular interactions, "We now have the first generation of anti-cancer drugs targeted against molecular alterations in cancer," says Jacks. Two highly successful drugs have already been derived from MIT research.
In addition, says Jacks, collaboration among biologists, engineers and mathematicians are yielding "a tremendous collection of tools and technologies." These include tiny probes that enable diagnosis of cancers at earlier stages, nanoparticles that deliver a therapeutic payload directly to cancer cells, and devices that can be implanted in the body. 关于影片（影片时间索引）：影片长度为 39:30.
Susan Hockfield introduces the series, and sets the Center for Cancer Research in the context of MIT's history.
At 8:26, Robert Silbey begins.
At 11:24, Tyler Jacks begins.
Note: Jacks' audio fades in and out.
以上资料为本影片上传至 MITWORLD 网站上当时所获知的资讯。此影片上传日为： 2006-10-05.
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