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Honors
Pictured: Charles Sawyers
Physician-Scientist Charles Sawyers Awarded Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Charles Sawyers, Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, is a recipient of the inaugural $3 million prize for groundbreaking achievements in scientific research.
In the Lab
Pictured: Neurons
Researchers Identify Key Element of Nerve Cell Development

Researchers have clarified the process by which developing nerve cells are directed to specialize into distinct parts.
In the Lab
Pictured: X-ray Image
New Findings Clarify How Kidney Cancer Spreads to Distant Organs

Scientists have identified genes and biological mechanisms that one day could be targeted with drugs to stop kidney cancer from spreading to the bone, brain, or other organs.
Q&A
Pictured: Ming Li
Study Suggests New Ways of Manipulating Immune System to Treat Autoimmune Diseases and Cancer

Recent findings by Memorial Sloan Kettering immunologists might one day pave the way for new strategies to control a range of diseases, including autoimmune disorders and cancer.
Announcement
Pictured: Michel Sadelain & Jedd Wolchok
Memorial Sloan Kettering Researchers Appointed to Stand Up To Cancer Immunology “Dream Team”

Physician-scientists Michel Sadelain and Jedd Wolchok have been appointed to a new research team dedicated to investigating ways to harness the immune system to fight cancer.
Q&A
Pictured: Lorenz Studer
Developmental Biologist Lorenz Studer Comments on the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Methods to generate stem cells have given scientists new ways to study some diseases and identify potential drugs, and could one day be used to rebuild diseased or damaged tissues in patients.
Announcement
Pictured: Charles Sawyers
President Obama Names Physician-Scientist Charles Sawyers to National Cancer Advisory Board

Charles Sawyers, Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, is widely recognized as someone who is revolutionizing the molecular treatment of cancer.
Announcement
Pictured: 2012 Rock Stars of Science
Geoffrey Beene Rock Stars of Science™ Campaign Features Memorial Sloan Kettering Researchers

The initiative, focused on investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, highlights the critical need for funding scientific research.
Q&A
Pictured: Scott Lowe
At Work: Biologist Scott Lowe, Chair of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

In the lab of cancer biologist Scott Lowe, researchers are investigating the processes that naturally inhibit cancer development.
In the Lab
Pictured: PET Scan
New Imaging Agent Could Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering are developing a new strategy for PET imaging of tumors that could result in new tools to detect and monitor prostate cancer.