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Pictured: T cells on surface on thymus
In the Lab
A recent study holds promise for the development of a new type of drug to alleviate immune deficiency caused by cancer treatment, radiation injury, or certain diseases.
Pictured: American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2012
Announcement
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, held its 2012 annual meeting in Chicago.
Pictured: Charles Sawyers
Honors
Beginning in April 2013, physician-scientist Charles Sawyers will serve as President of the American Association for Cancer Research, the world’s oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research.
Pictured: Scott Armstrong, Kornelia Polyak & Victor Velculescu
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center feted three gifted young investigators for their insightful contributions to cancer research in a public symposium on December 1, 2011.
Pictured: Ping Chi
Medical oncologist Ping Chi has been named an incumbent of a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair, a position designed to provide funding to outstanding young researchers at a crucial early stage in their careers.
Pictured: David Solit
Research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan Kettering has identified a previously unknown mechanism of resistance to the newly approved melanoma drug vemurafenib.
Pictured: Timothy Chan
In the Lab
Two Memorial Sloan Kettering studies provide new clues about genetic mutations that affect cell behavior and play a role in several types of cancer.
Pictured: Ion Channel K2P1
Q&A
3D Shape of an Ion Channel Revealed
Structural biologist Stephen Long talks about how his team used x-ray crystallography to discover the structure of an ion channel called K2P1.
Pictured: Memorial Sloan Kettering logo
In the News
Two of the year's top five cancer research advances cited by the American Society of Clinical Oncology were led by Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators.
Pictured: Eric Pamer
In the Lab
Infections are a common cause of complications in cancer patients. Now a Memorial Sloan Kettering research team finds that a commonly prescribed antibiotic could increase susceptibility to a bacterial infection.