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Ro Versus Musashi: How One Molecule Can Turn Cancer Cells Back to Normal
Researchers identify a compound that appears to eliminate tumor cells in a dish and in mice.
Postdocs Francisco “Pancho” Barriga and Kaloyan Tsanov in the lab
New MACHETE Technique Slices Into Cancer Genome To Study Copy Number Alterations
Learn why MSK researchers developed MACHETE, a new CRISPR-based technique to study large-scale genetic deletions efficiently in laboratory models.
Announcement
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Geoffrey Beene Rock Stars of Science™ Campaign Features Memorial Sloan Kettering Researchers
The initiative, focused on investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, highlights the critical need for funding scientific research.
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MSK investigators Joan Massagué and Anna Obenauf
Outsmarting Cancer’s Survival Skills
A new study led by MSK investigators reveals how some cancer cells become resistant to targeted treatment and suggests what might be done to stop that from happening.
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The Dual Life of PTEN: Gene Mutations Contribute to Both Cancer and Birth Defects
MSK investigators have shown that a gene mutation linked to many kinds of cancer can also cause birth defects of the nervous system.
Feature
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2013 Academic Convocation and Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School Commencement
Honors were conferred, PhD degrees were awarded, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author addressed the graduates at the May 10 ceremony.
Science Byte
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Lifeguard on Duty: Looking at DNA Repair under a Microscope
Learn about what DNA repair looks like under a microscope.
Memorial Sloan Kettering, City College of New York Awarded $4M NIH Grant to Study the Use of Machine Learning in Early Breast Cancer Detection
Memorial Sloan Kettering and the City College of New York (CCNY) were recently awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the use of machine learning for early breast cancer detection in high-risk women.
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Surgeon William Jarnagin
Experimental Blood Test Uses EVP Proteins to Detect Cancer
Researchers report a new method that may enable detection of a number of different types of cancer in the early stages.
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Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab
Research Suggests How Boosting Neoantigens Can Make Immunotherapy More Effective
In mice, drugs that change the way proteins are assembled appear to make checkpoint inhibitor drugs work better.