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m6A Enzymes Found to Be Central to the Development of AML

A team of researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Weill-Cornell Medical College have identified, for the first time, a new molecular pathway that is required for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) development. This work could provide a rationale for targeting the RNA methylation program in myeloid leukemia.
Q&A
MSK pediatric neuropsychologist Stephen Sands
At Work: Child Psychologist Stephen Sands

Learn how child psychologist Stephen Sands supports pediatric patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Science Byte
Petri dish with green mold on it
Insight into How Lungs Repel Infection Could Guide Therapies for Transplant Patients

Learn how immune cells in the lungs trigger invasive fungal cells to self-destruct. The discovery could produce therapies to prevent infection in cancer patients.
FDA Approves First CAR T Cells for Cancer

In what is being hailed as a watershed moment for both cancer care and biotechnology, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a personalized, cell-based immunotherapy for use in children and young adults with blood cancer. For more information or to arrange interviews, e-mail Caitlin Hool at [email protected].
Finding
Kenneth Offit and Vijai Joseph
Making an IMPACT: MSK’s Gene-Sequencing Test Reveals New Findings about Hereditary Cancer Risk

An analysis of germline DNA in people with advanced cancer finds that inherited mutations may be more common than expected in this group.
Announcement
Pediatric oncologist Kevin Curran with CAR T patient Esmeralda Pineda
FDA Approves First CAR T Cell Therapy for Leukemia

Children, teens, and young adults with leukemia that have stopped responding to chemotherapy are the first eligible to receive the new treatment.
Finding
A network of neurons
Is Neurodegenerative Disease a Kind of Cancer?

New findings from experiments done in mice suggest a surprising cause of common neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Event
Rebecca Nadler
Making the Grade: 26 High School Students Present Their Research in Poster Session

Twenty six high school students gathered in the lobby of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center on August 25 to present on the research they completed over the previous eight weeks.
In the Clinic
Surgeon in blue scrubs doing operation with two assisting.
Guiding Light: New Imaging Techniques Improve Head and Neck Cancer Surgeries

MSK head and neck surgeons are investigating novel imaging methods that enable them to detect and visualize cancer cells during an operation.
Finding
Rack of blood vials
Secondary Leukemia: Research Suggests New Ways to Understand What Causes This Side Effect of Cancer Treatment

MSK investigators find that the presence of certain gene mutations in patients’ blood may mean they are more likely to get a secondary leukemia.