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The Lowdown on Sugar and Cancer: MSK Experts Look at the Evidence

Learn more about from MSK experts about what the latest research on the connection between eating sugar and cancer risk.
Alexandra Joyner
Looking Back, Looking Ahead With MSK Developmental Biologist Alexandra Joyner

Developmental biologist Dr. Alexandra Joyner reflects on her career and talks about the new passions she looks forward to pursuing in retirement.
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Meet the Winners of the 2025 Kravis WiSE Fellowships

MSK is proud to announce that four Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) researchers have been named 2025 Marie-Josée Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (Kravis WiSE) fellowship grant recipients.
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MSK Research Highlights, March 3, 2025

New MSK research identifies new cancer-specific targets for T cell receptor immunotherapy approaches; sheds light on a critical process in sexual reproduction; describes how regulatory T cells help prevent intestinal inflammation; and uncovers how the spleen helps natural killer immune cells adapt to new threats.
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Digging Into a Decades-Old Hepatitis B Mystery Suggests a New Potential Treatment

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by MSK, Weill Cornell Medicine, and The Rockefeller University identified a vulnerability that opens the door to new treatments.
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Top Cancer Research Advances at MSK in 2024

MSK researchers continued to make strides against cancer in 2024. Learn about some of their top discoveries.
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Cancer Risk Declines in Old Age, New MSK Research Helps Explain Why

A new laboratory study provides evidence about how advanced age can be protective against cancer — with implications for treating patients in different age groups.
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MSK Research Highlights, November 21, 2024

New MSK research investigates how pancreatic cancer cells regulate their genome to avoid immune attack; shows promise against glioblastoma in mouse models; and develops a new method to study cancer evolution.
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MSK Research Highlights, November 6, 2024

New MSK research marks a potential advance against RAS-driven cancers; breaks down data silos to better predict cancer outcomes with the help of artificial intelligence (AI); identifies two enzymes vital for maintaining brain health; uncovers how changes to “helper” proteins drive cancer cell survival; develops a new model for investigating lung cancer metastasis; and uses AI to improve outcome predictions in sarcoma.
John Petrini
Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find

Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways — ways that have important implications for the development of cancer, researchers at MSK are discovering.