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Pigment-Producing Skin Cells Generated Using Stem Cell Technology

By Eva Kiesler, PhD, Science Writer/Editor | Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers have developed innovative ways to study some skin diseases, including melanoma skin cancer.

Tags: Stem Cells; Melanoma; Research

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Developmental Biologist Lorenz Studer Comments on the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

By Eva Kiesler, PhD, Science Writer/Editor | Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Methods to generate stem cells have given scientists new ways to study some diseases and identify potential drugs, and could one day be used to rebuild diseased or damaged tissues in patients.

Tags: Drug Discovery; Stem Cells; Research

Philanthropy

Starr Foundation Renews Gifts for Cancer Consortium and Stem Cell Research Initiative

By Memorial Sloan-Kettering | Friday, May 11, 2012

Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering will benefit from renewed support for The Starr Cancer Consortium and the Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative totaling $105 million.

Tags: Stem Cells; Giving; Research

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An Interview with Cancer Biologist Michael Kharas

By Eva Kiesler, PhD, Science Writer/Editor | 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.

Tags: Cancer Biology; Stem Cells; Research