- Growing Science: A Decade Devoted to Advancing Cancer Research at the Sloan-Kettering InstituteA decade ago, the Sloan-Kettering Institute embarked on an effort to broaden and streamline its research activities.
- Forging Alliances, Enhancing UnderstandingsMemorial Sloan-Kettering and The City College of New York Work have fostered a collaborations aimed at reducing cancer health disparities.
- An Interview with Boris BastianAppointed Chair of the Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in April 2010, Dr. Bastian leads pathologists and clinicians in finding new ways to integrate genetic information with traditional clinical observations to diagnose cancer and guide treatment.
- New Nanotechnology Center Combines Cutting-Edge Science with Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Expertise in Patient CareTo take advantage of the growing field of nanotechnology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering has established a Nanotechnology Center.
- New Targeted Therapy Shows Promise for Advanced MelanomaA multicenter study led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center investigators concluded that treatment with a new targeted therapy called PLX4032 resulted in significant tumor shrinkage in 80 percent of patients with advanced melanoma.
- Harmful Immune Reactions Might One Day Be Curbed with Cell-Based TherapyA team of researchers led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering immunologist Alexander Rudensky has gained new understanding about regulatory T cells -- a subtype of immune cells that suppresses the immune system's reactivity.
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Researchers Are 2010 Rock Stars of ScienceThree Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center investigators -- including the Center's new President, Craig B. Thompson -- have been featured with singer-songwriter Debbie Harry to lead the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® 2010 Rock Stars of Science™ campaign in GQ magazine's December "Men of the Year" issue.
- New Research Fund Targets Gastric CancerTo spearhead ongoing progress against the stomach cancer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering has launched an ambitious program known as the James E. Gerstner Fund for Gastric Cancer Research.
- Marc Ladanyi Named to Endowed ChairMarc Ladanyi has been named the incumbent of the newly endowed William Ruane Chair in Molecular Oncology.
- Zvi Fuks Elected to the Institute of MedicineZvi Fuks has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
- Joseph Deasy Named Chair of Medical PhysicsJoseph O. Deasy has joined Memorial Sloan-Kettering as an attending physicist and Chair of the Department of Medical Physics.
- Mahmoud B. El-Tamer Joins Memorial Sloan-Kettering as MemberMahmoud B. El-Tamer is a breast surgeon who comes to Memorial Sloan-Kettering from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital where he spent more than ten years as an attending surgeon at Columbia University Medical Center.
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