September 2007 - Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive treatments carried out using image guidance that includes fluoroscopy, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
September 2007 - Alexandra Joyner recently joined the Sloan-Kettering Institute as a Member of the Developmental Biology Program. She is also the incumbent of the Courtney Steel Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research.
September 2007 - The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center for Cell Engineering was established to take advantage of the important strides made in the genetic engineering of human cells over the past several years.
September 2007 - At the 34th annual Volunteer Recognition Ceremony in June, 104 volunteers received United Hospital Fund Awards for 150 to 1,000 hours of service and 36 volunteers received Volunteer Service Awards for five to 25 years of service.
September 2007 - Hundreds of patients and their families filled the Rockefeller Research Laboratories Auditorium on June 12 to mark National Survivorship Day.
September 2007 - Philip H. Gutin, a neuro-oncologic surgeon and the incumbent of the Fred Lebow Chair in Neuro-oncology, has been named Chair of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's recently established Department of Neurosurgery.
September 2007 - New research carried out in the laboratory of Memorial Sloan-Kettering molecular biologist John H.J. Petrini has shed light on one mechanism that helps the cell respond to DNA damage and prevent it from being passed on when the cell divides to create new cells.
September 2007 - A team of scientists led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigator Gabriela Chiosis has found that Hsp90 enables the disease process in a group of neurodegenerative disorders marked by the accumulation of the protein Tau.
