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Alexander Rudensky
An Interview With Alexander Rudensky

A member of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Immunology Program and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Alexander Rudensky is fascinated by how a specific type of white blood cells called regulatory T cells regulates our immune system.
Samuel Danishefsky
Memorial Sloan Kettering Enters Agreement to Develop New Cancer Drug

As part of a commitment to seek new and better treatments for cancer patients, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Bristol-Myers Squibb are collaborating to bring a potential new cancer drug called iso-fludelone, or KOS-1803, into clinical trials.
(From left) The first four authors of the June 24 Cancer Cell study, Barry Taylor, Anuradha Gopalan, Haley Hieronymous, and Nikolaus Schultz.
Sifting Through the Prostate Cancer Genome

A team of Memorial Sloan Kettering clinicians and computational biologists have compiled the largest catalog to date of genetic alterations that occur in prostate cancer.
Study Answers Important Question about Using Carbon Nanotubes in Medicine

A multicenter study led by Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers has answered an important question about the safety of using carbon nanotubes in medicine.
Harold Varmus former CEO of MSK
Harold Varmus: A Decade of Leadership at MSK

Harold Varmus became President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on January 1, 2000. He ended his decade-long tenure on July 1, 2010. And on July 12, 2010, Dr. Varmus took up a new role as Director of the National Cancer Institute.
Inherited Mutations May Point to an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer

A team of Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers reports that prostate cancer often takes an aggressive course in patients who have inherited mutations in the genes <i>BRCA1</i> or <i>BRCA2</i>.
Doctors operating
New Facility Eases Patient Experience and Promotes Collaborative Treatment and Research

On June 7 when Memorial Sloan Kettering opened a facility housing the novel Center for Image-Guided Interventions, a suite of endoscopy rooms, and new operating rooms for the Surgical Day Hospital.
Ingo Mellinghoff
Researchers Uncover Molecular Interactions in Common Form of Brain Cancer

A multicenter team led by Memorial Sloan Kettering neurologist and researcher Ingo K. Mellinghoff has uncovered the relationship between two proteins that play a critical role in glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer.
Charles Sawyers
Charles Sawyers Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Charles L. Sawyers, Chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences at the group's 147th annual meeting in April.
Rendering of a primary tumor mass with adjoining blood vessels (shown in red). Cells that have detached from the tumor and entered the bloodstream (shown as spheres) may circle back to the tumor and enhance its growth and aggressiveness.
Circulating Tumor Cells May Spur Cancer by a Previously Unknown Mechanism

A recent Memorial Sloan Kettering study shows that some circulating tumor cells can circle back and infiltrate their tumor of origin, enhancing its growth and aggressiveness.