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Consuming alcohol is dangerous when you have liver cancer or cirrhosis.
Ask the Expert
Should a Person with Liver Cancer Stop Drinking Alcohol?

Learn why medical oncologist Ghassan Abou-Alfa counsels his patients with liver cancer to stop drinking.
Researchers at MSK have devised a technique, based on machine learning, that can predict the DNA binding preferences of a protein called a transcription factor.
In the Lab
A Netflix-Inspired Approach to Understanding Biology and Medicine

Computers currently help us choose our favorite movies, books, and TV shows. Will personalized medicines be next?
Kenneth Offit
In the Clinic
Innovative Research Center Will Explore Hereditary Cancer Genes

MSK’s new Robert and Kate Niehaus Center for Inherited Cancer Genomics is using the latest in gene sequencing technologies to discover the inherited causes of cancer.
Robert J. Motzer
Q&A
Immunotherapy Pioneered at MSK Receives FDA Approval for Advanced Kidney Cancer

Thanks to the work of MSK’s Robert Motzer, people with advanced renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer) now have a new immunotherapy option available to them.
A scientist pictured in his lab
Announcement
MSK’s Lorenz Studer Named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow

The awards are given annually to people in an array of fields in the arts and sciences.
Hyperpolarized MRI
In the Clinic
Hyperpolarized MRI: A New Tool to Assess Treatment Response within Days

Hyperpolarized MRI could allow doctors to get a read on a tumor’s response to treatment quickly.
people working in a lab
Feature
Sloan Kettering Institute Marks 70 Years of Changing Cancer

The research arm of Memorial Sloan Kettering was established to apply industrial techniques to the study of cancer.
Test tubes and glass vials and beakers sit on a desk in a laboratory.
In the Lab
New Chemical Biology Program Brings Power of Chemistry to Biomedical Research

A new Sloan Kettering Institute program will enhance the use of chemical principles to investigate biological processes.
Picturing the Body’s Immune Response
Q&A
Understanding the Body’s Immune Response to Inflammation

Cell biologist Philipp Niethammer discusses what the zebrafish can teach us about how the body heals.
Organoid cell structures fluorescing in blue, green, and purple.
In the Lab
Manipulating a Single Gene Turns Colorectal Cancer Cells Back to Normal

For the first time, scientists have shown that the gene APC, which is mutated in the vast majority of colorectal cancers, might be a promising target for future therapies.