The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, will replace its Center for Cancer Research with the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, it announced on 9 October.

Koch, a 67-year-old businessman and MIT alumnus, is battling cancer. He has committed $100 million to help build the facility, which should be completed in 2010 at a cost of $280 million. MIT bent its rules for Koch by committing to build the institute before it had the usual 80% of building costs.