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Vivian Moore
How MSK Treats Patients 65 and Older With Breast Cancer

The risk of breast cancer increases as you age. MSK has breast cancer experts with special training and experience treating older patients.
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Breast Cancer, Food, and Diet: Tips From an MSK Expert

Learn diet and food tips that can lower the risk of breast cancer and potentially improve the outcome if cancer is diagnosed, from Neil Iyengar, an expert on diet and cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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Rumble in the Genome: Unlocking the Secrets of the Tiny RNAs That Keep Self-Serving, Harmful Genes in Check

The common wisdom is that genes are preserved from generation to generation because they help the organism survive and reproduce. But MSK's Dr. Eric Lai’s team is showing — in fruit flies — that certain genes can threaten a species’ very survival by pursuing their narrow self-interests in passing along their own genetic material.
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FDA Approves Elranatamab for Resistant Multiple Myeloma

Learn about a new multiple myeloma drug that can stop the disease after other treatments have failed.
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MSK Research Highlights, August 24, 2023

New MSK research suggests a method for revealing DNA repair “scars” could help make treatment decisions in BRCA1- and BRCA2-deficient cancers; modified a bacteria-made compound to target mutant KRAS-driven cancers; and shed new light on brain metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.
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New Research Shows How Cancer Rewires a Key Immune Pathway To Spread

A collaboration between MSK and Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a new relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, and shows how cancer can selfishly hijack a normally helpful immune pathway.
MSK researchers Kayvan Keshari, PhD, and Daniel Heller, PhD
MSK’s New Cancer Engineering PhD Program Is First of Its Kind

Learn about MSK’s visionary new cancer engineering PhD Program.
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The Rectal Cancer Clinical Trial at MSK That Changed Everything for Its Patients

Learn how a heralded clinical trial that made rectal cancer disappear for every participant is being expanded at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The trial uses only immunotherapy that targets a rare mutation — without the need for surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation.
Chi Nguyen
2023 GSK Chairman’s Prize Recognizes Chi Nguyen, Research on Gut Health

The 2023 GSK Chairman’s Prize recognizes Chi Nguyen for research on gut health.
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MSK Research Highlights, August 10, 2023

New MSK research finds a potential target against neuroendocrine transformation in lung and prostate cancers; discovers new clues about why donor T cells attack certain tissues in graft-versus-host disease; sheds light on why T cells let go of their prey; and uses CRISPR interference and dynamic cell-state transitions to discover enhancers that affect early human development.