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Sloan Kettering Institute Researchers Look Beyond DNA to Identify Cancer Drivers

Researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have found that changes in an information-carrying molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) can inactivate the functions of tumor suppressor genes and thereby promote cancer. The findings pinpoint previously unknown drivers of the disease, indicating that cancer diagnostics need to go beyond the analysis of DNA mutations.
MSK nurse Margaret Bediones
MSK Nurse Dedicated To Serving the Underserved

Learn how Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nurse Margaret Bediones improves the health of underserved communities at the MSK Ralph Lauren Center in Harlem through community outreach focused on cancer prevention and screening.
In the Lab
Pictured: Jan Grimm
Spongelike Particles Show Promise for Delivering Drugs to Tumors

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers are investigating the use of tiny particles that behave like sponges to take in drugs and deliver them to tumors.
In the Lab
Immune cells surrounding a cancer cell
Checkpoint Challenge: When Releasing Immune Cell Brakes Is Not Enough to Stop Cancer

Scientists have learned that cutting a T cell’s brakes can have unexpected consequences.
In the Clinic
Nancy Schroeder and her husband Mark
New Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy Treatment for Advanced Melanoma Shows Promise

Results from a phase 2 clinical trial report a combination of two checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy drugs given before melanoma surgery prevents this aggressive skin cancer from coming back. This new drug combination also has fewer side effects than other immunotherapy treatments.
a lab coat hangs in an MSK lab
MSK Research Highlights, November 6, 2024

New MSK research marks a potential advance against RAS-driven cancers; breaks down data silos to better predict cancer outcomes with the help of artificial intelligence (AI); identifies two enzymes vital for maintaining brain health; uncovers how changes to “helper” proteins drive cancer cell survival; develops a new model for investigating lung cancer metastasis; and uses AI to improve outcome predictions in sarcoma.
Alexandra Joyner, Ming Li, and Kenneth Offit
Three Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Faculty Members Elected as 2021 AAAS Fellows

Three faculty members from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) have been elected to the 2021 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows.
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.
Finding
Pedram Razavi, Jorge Reis-Filho, and Bob Li
Many Mutations Detected in Liquid Biopsy Tests Do Not Come from Cancer Cells, an MSK Study Finds

The new findings suggest the need for caution when interpreting the results from these tests.
In the Lab
Pictured: Daniel Thorek & Jan Grimm
Faster than the Speed of Light: New Imaging Approach Could Measure Tumor Activity

A new imaging approach being investigated by Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers could provide better information about a tumor’s molecular activity, allowing for a more accurate diagnosis.