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More than 500 people filled the Rockefeller Research Laboratories on November 8 to hear three of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's leading researchers highlight current trends in cancer research -- explaining how the latest developments in various areas of science contribute to better treatments for cancer patients.

To watch these lectures on your iPod, download iTunes for free from Apple.

Harold Varmus, Moderator

President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Harold Varmus
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Harold Varmus, co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, has served as the President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since January 2000. Watch Dr. Varmus introduce the seminar's senior investigators.

Read about Harold Varmus.

Johanna A. Joyce

Cancer Biology and Genetics Program

Cancer Biologist Johanna Joyce
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How Cancer Cells Hijack Normal Cells to Promote Tumor Growth

Watch cancer biologist, Johanna Joyce, as she explains how normal cells in the tumor microenvironment can have a positive and a negative influence on cancer progression, depending on the stage of tumor development.

Read about Johanna Joyce's career path from a student at the University of Cambridge to a cancer biologist at Sloan-Kettering Institute.

James Allison

Chair, Immunology Program

Immunologist James Allison
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Run time: 27 minutes

How We Can Mobilize the Immune System to Attack Cancer

Watch immunologist, James Allison, as he explains how the immune system defends and the body and how his research is showing the capability of the immune system to attack cancer.

Read a profile of James Allison and his attempts to translate basic research advances in immunology into treatment applications that can make a difference in people's lives.

Q & A

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Run time 11 minutes

Watch students ask our scientists questions about research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and current cancer topics.

For more information, e-mail outreach@mskcc.org , or call 212-639-3629/3631.

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