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In the Lab
Pictured: Kenneth Offit
Gene Mutation Linked to Inherited Risk of Common Form of Childhood Leukemia
Researchers have found the first evidence that susceptibility to developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia during childhood may be heritable.
In the Lab
Pictured: Cancer cell lines
Do Cancer Cell Lines Really Resemble Tumors? Now Researchers Can Tell
A recent study found that the cell lines most commonly used for research on ovarian cancer are not the most suitable.
Learning Curve
Pictured: Barbara Raphael & Chioma Enweasor
Summer Fellowship Gives Medical Students the Tools to Become Physician-Scientists
Our summer fellowship program helps medical students learn to become physician-scientists. Read about one of our trainees who investigated an imaging tool for use in patients with a rare uterine cancer.
Video
Pictured: Scott Lowe & Zhen Zhao
A Look Inside the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center
Watch our scientists discuss how the Geoffrey Beene Center helped Memorial Sloan Kettering establish a progressive approach to modern cancer research.
Feature
Pictured: 2013 Graduates
2013 Academic Convocation and Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School Commencement
Honors were conferred, PhD degrees were awarded, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author addressed the graduates at the May 10 ceremony.
In the Lab
Pictured: Three-dimensional structure of the protein mTOR
A Recently Revealed Protein Structure Creates New Opportunities for Cancer Research and Drug Design
In an eagerly awaited study, Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers report on the molecular structure of mTOR, a protein commonly mutated in cancer.
In the Lab
Pictured:  Timothy Chan
Investigators Sequence the Genome of a Rare Head and Neck Cancer
Investigators have sequenced the genome of adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare and deadly head and neck cancer. The work sets the stage for the sequencing of additional rare cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Honors
Charles Sawyers, Kenneth Offit, and Larry Norton
Three Memorial-Sloan Kettering Researchers Receive Special Awards by the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Charles Sawyers, Larry Norton, and Kenneth Offit are being honored with special awards at the annual meeting of the world’s leading professional organization for cancer physicians and researchers.
Event
Pictured: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Siddhartha Mukherjee Addresses 2013 Graduates
Physician-scientist Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of <em>The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer</em>, spoke to 2013 graduates of the “tenderness and tension” inherent in scientific discovery.
Snapshot
Pictured: Melanocytes
Pigment-Producing Skin Cells Generated Using Stem Cell Technology
Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have developed innovative ways to study some skin diseases, including melanoma skin cancer.