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Equipped for Discovery

Various facilities provide the services and technology that support Memorial Sloan Kettering’s cancer genomics studies.
Event
Hundreds of high school students and teachers from the New York City area attend the annual seminar.
Webcast of 2012 Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research

For the first time, our annual seminar for high school students and teachers from the New York City area will be available to watch live from around the nation and the world.
Pictured: Scott Armstrong
Scott Armstrong and Kitai Kim Named to Endowed Chairs

Pediatric oncologist Scott A. Armstrong has been named the incumbent of the Grayer Family Chair, and stem cell biologist Kitai Kim has been named to a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair.
In the Lab
Pictured: Structure of Synthesized Erythropoietin
Memorial Sloan Kettering Investigators Synthesize Vital Biological Molecule Erythropoietin for the First Time

Researchers have produced a fully synthetic, functional version of erythropoietin, the hormone that controls production of red blood cells.
Announcement
Pictured: Alexander Rudensky
Alexander Rudensky Appointed Immunology Program Chair

Dr. Rudensky studies the development of white blood cells called T lymphocytes, which participate in the immune system response to infection. He joined the Sloan Kettering Institute in 2009.
Snapshot
Pictured: Tunneling Nanotubes
Tunneling Nanotubes Connect Cancer Cells

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have discovered a way that cancer cells may be able to exchange information by establishing long bridges between cells called tunneling nanotubes.
In the Lab
Pictured: Natural Killer Cells & Cancer Cell
Study Suggests Refined Donor Selection Could Improve Outcomes of Bone Marrow Transplantation in Leukemia

In the future, more-advanced genetic testing might offer better ways to match up patients who need a bone marrow transplant with potential donors.
In the Lab
Pictured: Filippo Giancotti
Researchers Shed Light on Why Some Breast Cancers Spread to the Lungs

A new Memorial Sloan Kettering study has identified one of the proteins fueling the spread of some breast cancers, and researchers hope their findings will lead to the development of new diagnostic tools and drugs.
From the 2011 Annual Report
Computing the Shapes of Proteins from Genetic Information

Summary A team of researchers has made a breakthrough in solving a problem that has defied biologists for decades: How to compute a protein’s thre...
From the 2011 Annual Report
Novel Stem Cell Technique Shows Promise in Treating Disease

Cell replacement therapy seeks to restore function in the body by replacing cells that are lost due to disease or injury with new, healthy cells. One disease for which this type of therapy holds particular promise is the degenerative neurological disorder Parkinson’s disease, which is characterized by symptoms related to movement.