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MSK Research Highlights, July 17, 2023
New MSK research identified a way to reduce toxicity in CAR T cell therapy; discovered a division of labor in DNA repair that suggests a possible therapeutic strategy for certain cancers; developed a new method to enable imaging of two PET tracers simultaneously; found biomarkers that could help predict outcomes in HER2-positive metastatic esophagogastric cancer; and made progress toward improving options for patients with early-stage, potentially indolent cancers.
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MSK Research Highlights, June 29, 2023
New MSK research discovered ferroptosis regulators that suggest therapeutic opportunities against hormone receptor-positive cancers; examined how tumor-associated macrophages might be turned against cancer; acquired new insights into joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis; developed a systems-level platform called epichaperomics to map changes in interactors among thousands of proteins involved in cancer-related processes; and investigated how artificial intelligence could help diagnose an invasive form of breast cancer.
MSK Awards & Appointments January 2023
MSK Awards & Appointments June 2023
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments.
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Your Gut Microbiome: How To Improve It, Its Effects on the Immune System, and More
This story answers common questions about how your gut microbiota impacts your health, how to protect it, and the impact it has on diseases like cancer.
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MSK-Led Research Finds Unexpected Link Between Chromosomal Instability and Epigenetic Alterations
MSK-led research found an unexpected link between chromosomal instability and epigenetic alternations, both of which are hallmarks of cancer — especially advanced, drug-resistant cancers.
MSK Awards & Appointments January 2023
MSK Awards & Appointments May 2023
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments.
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces $40M Gift To Establish The Marie-Josée Kravis Center for Cancer Immunobiology To Advance Immunotherapy Research
The Marie-Josée Kravis Center for Cancer Immunobiology (CCI), made possible by a generous $40 million gift from Henry R. Kravis to honor the visionary leadership of his wife, Marie-Josée Kravis, will establish a strategic research infrastructure that will seamlessly unite MSK scientists and physicians to further accelerate immunotherapy treatments for people with cancer.
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Back row from left to right: Zongmin Wang, Miguel Miranda-Román, Stella Paffenholz, Anton Dobrin, Bradley Benjamin, Caroline Gleason, Paige Arnold, and Mollie Chipman. Front row, from left to right: Yasemin Kaygusuz, Maria Sirenko, Buren Li, Tingxu Chen, Nayan Jain, Florisela Herrejon Chavez, and Adele Whaley.
MSK’s 2023 Commencement Celebrates Largest Class in History and Honors Award Winners
MSK's 44th annual Academic Convocation and Commencement celebrated the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences class of 2023, honored students graduating from the Sloan Kettering Division of the Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and recognized winners of several awards and fellowships.
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MSK’s Sloan Kettering Institute Celebrates 75 Years of Discovery
Over the last seven and a half decades, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have made important contributions to the fundamental understanding of human biology, as well as driven practice-changing innovations in the treatment of cancer.
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MSK Supports STEM Education at Yankee Stadium Science Fair
Three MSK researchers served as guest judges at the event, which celebrated students’ academic achievements.