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Computational biologist Barry Taylor
Whether a BRCA Mutation Leads to Cancer Depends on Context, Study Finds
Sometimes a BRCA mutation is just along for the ride, rather than driving a tumor’s development.
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Old man lying in hospital bed being spoken to by nurse
Keeping Patients out of the Hospital: MSK Geriatrics Specialist Explains the Keys to Caring for Older People with Cancer
An MSK geriatrician discusses the importance of helping older people with cancer manage their treatment and symptoms.
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Scientists Develop a Tool to Watch a Single Gene Being Transcribed in a Living Cell
A new imaging technology developed at MSK allows researchers to focus on genes as they are copied into messenger RNA.
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Drug That Hits CAR T Snooze Button Can Quiet a Cytokine Storm
An FDA-approved drug used to treat leukemia can serve as a temporary off switch for CAR T cells, MSK scientists have found.
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Scientists Use CRISPR to Learn How Cells Make Decisions
The genome-editing technique uncovered several genes previously not known to influence embryonic development.
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DNA winding around histones
Research Clarifies How IDH Mutations Cause Cancer
The MSK team’s goal was to get at the underlying defects in cells that these mutations cause.
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Green Bronx Machine founder Stephen Ritz and students
Bringing Fresh Food to Underserved People with Cancer
Learn about the Green Bronx Machine, a program that allows students to benefit their community by growing and distributing fresh food.
Announcement
GSK Students Win Grants to Fund Innovative Cancer Research
Two outstanding graduate students from the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK) have been awarded federal funding to pursue promising cancer research.
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 Colored scanning electron micrograph of a clump of pluripotent stem cells.
Stem Cells Stay “Young” on a Fat-Free Diet
Researchers have discovered a simple way to keep stem cells in a more flexible state for research and potential treatments.