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Eva Kiesler, PhD

Senior Science Writer/Editor

Recent Blog Posts

Pictured: Helena Furberg
Finding
Researchers Identify Genetic Link to Smoking Addiction among People of African American Descent
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

In the largest study of genes and smoking performed in a minority population to date, researchers have discovered a gene variant that increases a person’s risk of smoking.

Research; Cancer Genetics; Health Outcomes & Statistics Research; Epidemiology
Pictured: Douglas Levine and Petar Jelinic
In the Lab
New Web Tool Helps Researchers Explore How the Genome Changes in Cancer
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigators hope their new web tool will improve the accessibility of large-scale genome-sequencing information for cancer researchers everywhere, and accelerate research and therapeutic discovery.

Lab Research; Research; Cancer Genetics; Computational Biology
Pictured: Rhonda D’Agostino
Feature
Meet ICU Nurse Practitioner Rhonda D’Agostino
Monday, June 18, 2012

Rhonda D’Agostino cares for people with life-threatening complications due to cancer or its treatment – and helped pioneer a new ICU model that trains nurse practitioners and physician assistants to deliver the highest standard of care.

Cancer Care; Nursing
Pictured: At Eternity’s Gate by Vincent van Gogh
In the Clinic
New Form of Psychotherapy Might Ease Emotional Suffering of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Monday, April 30, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers have found that people in the late stages of cancer might benefit from meaning-centered psychotherapy, a treatment aimed at helping people sustain a sense of meaning and purpose.

Counseling & Support; Research; Clinical Research; Psychiatry; Palliative Care
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Profile
An Interview with Cancer Biologist Michael Kharas
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

As a child, Michael Kharas knew that he wanted to “be making the drugs doctors use to cure people.” Today he investigates molecular processes that stem cells and tumor cells have in common – in the hopes of uncovering insights for treatments for cancer and other diseases.

Cancer Biology; Research; Stem Cells
Pictured: T cells on surface on thymus
In the Lab
Study Points the Way for Future Therapy to Revive a Damaged Immune System
Friday, April 6, 2012

A recent study holds promise for the development of a new type of drug to alleviate immune deficiency caused by cancer treatment, radiation injury, or certain diseases.

Blood & Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation; Lab Research; Research; Drug Discovery; Immunology
Pictured: Nai-Kong Cheung
In the Lab
Researchers Find Gene Mutations Linked to Age at Neuroblastoma Diagnosis
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

In a large-scale genome-sequencing study, researchers have discovered mutations in neuroblastoma tumors that could aid the development of diagnostic tests and therapies.

Cancer Biology; Lab Research; Research; Neuroblastoma; Cancer Genetics
Pictured: Ion Channel K2P1
Q&A
3D Shape of an Ion Channel Revealed
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Structural biologist Stephen Long talks about how his team used x-ray crystallography to discover the structure of an ion channel called K2P1.

Lab Research; Research; Structural Biology
Pictured: Monica Morrow
Perspective
Quality of Breast Cancer Surgery Not Easily Measured
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Breast Surgical Service Chief Monica Morrow provides perspective on assessing the quality of surgical breast cancer treatment in an editorial in the February 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Cancer Care; Surgery; Breast Cancer
Pictured: Nancy Lee
In the Clinic
New Strategy Shows Promise for Treating Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Monday, December 19, 2011

People with cancer of the nasopharynx, an area behind the nose, may benefit from a new combination therapy, according to an international study led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering radiation oncologist Nancy Y. Lee.

Cancer Care; Research; Targeted Therapy; Head & Neck Cancers
Feature
Out of the Lab and into the World: Scientific and Medical Inventions Benefit Cancer Patients
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Memorial Sloan-Kettering scientists, physicians, and administrators are developing and commercializing research discoveries to generate more-effective and affordable cancer treatments.

Cancer Care; Research; Medical Technology; Drug Discovery; Experimental Therapeutics
Pictured: Structural formula of IBNtxA
In the Lab
Findings Could Lead to the Development of a New Painkiller
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Scientists have generated a compound that could potentially be used to create a new type of pain medication that may prevent the side effects of currently available painkillers.

Research; Drug Discovery; Pain Management; Molecular Pharmacology
Pictured: Breast tumor treated with paclitaxel
In the Lab
Research Suggests New Drugs Could Boost the Effectiveness of Chemotherapy
Friday, December 2, 2011

Recent findings by Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigators suggest it might be possible to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy for breast cancer by combining the treatment with a new type of drug called a cathepsin inhibitor.

Cancer Biology; Research; Cancer Genetics; Chemotherapy; Drug Discovery; Breast Cancer