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In the Lab
Pictured: Joan Massagué
Study Links Cancer’s Ability to Spread with Chemotherapy Resistance

A team of investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering has shown for the first time that tumor growth, metastasis, and chemotherapy resistance are connected to the same molecular changes inside breast cancer cells.
In the Lab
Pictured: Douglas Levine and Petar Jelinic
New Web Tool Helps Researchers Explore How the Genome Changes in Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators hope their new web tool will improve the accessibility of large-scale genome-sequencing information for cancer researchers everywhere, and accelerate research and therapeutic discovery.
Feature
Pictured: Bayard Clarkson
Bayard Clarkson Receives 2012 Distinguished Service Award from the American Association for Cancer Research

Dr. Clarkson of the Sloan Kettering Institute’s Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program was recognized for his more than three decades of work on behalf of the AACR.
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Pictured: David Scheinberg
David Scheinberg Receives 2012 Emil J. Freireich Award

The MD Anderson Cancer Center presented its annual award to Dr. Scheinberg in recognition of his pioneering work in developing chemotherapeutic agents for leukemia and other cancers.
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Pictured: Kathryn Anderson
Kathryn Anderson Awarded 2012 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal

The Genetics Society of America medal honored Dr. Anderson, Chair of the Developmental Biology Program, for her lifetime contributions to the science of genetics.
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Pictured: Neural stem cells
Starr Foundation Renews Gifts for Cancer Consortium and Stem Cell Research Initiative

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.
Honors
Pictured: Nikola Pavletich and Alexander Rudensky
Two Memorial Sloan Kettering Investigators Named to National Academy of Sciences

Structural Biology Program Chair Nikola P. Pavletich and immunologist Alexander Y. Rudensky have received one of the highest honors given to scientists working in the United States.
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Pictured: Graduates
First Four Students Receive Doctoral Degrees from Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

As part of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 33rd annual academic convocation on May 11, the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awarded PhDs to four graduates.
In the News
Pictured: Jedd Wolchok and James Allison
The New Yorker Features Immune Therapy Work of Memorial Sloan Kettering Researchers

In an article describing the history and promise of immunotherapy for cancer treatment, the magazine highlights the groundbreaking work of James Allison, Chair of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Immunology Program, and medical oncologist and immunologist Jedd Wolchok.
Profile
Pictured: Michael Kharas
An Interview with Cancer Biologist Michael Kharas

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.