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(From left) Bharat and his partner, Gregory, at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada
Celebrating Pride: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Pride Month 2022 is in full effect in the U.S. Many of us are seeing messages of allyship as we scroll on social media or stroll along our communities’ Main Street.
MSK molecular geneticist Elli Papaemmanouil
Improved Scoring System for Myelodysplastic Syndromes Could Help Doctors Tailor Treatment
The revised scoring system incorporates molecular information related to 31 genes to help predict risk.
Side-by-side headshots of scientists Christopher Lima and Rhyan Puno
With Cryo-EM, SKI Scientists Determine Structure of Key Factor in RNA Quality Control
Called NEXT, the factor plays an important role in handing over RNA to the exosome for destruction.
Lucy Fleming
Celebrating Pride: Lucy Fleming Shares Positive Energy in MSK’s Patient Access Service
Within moments of speaking with Lucy Fleming, you notice she is always smiling. It’s a bright smile that radiates warmth. Lucy channels this positive energy as manager of the Patient Access Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).
MSK radiation oncologist Jonathan Yang, who specializes in treating metastatic cancer.
Proton Therapy for Leptomeningeal Metastasis Could Be a Major Advance
Learn how proton therapy can be an effective new treatment for leptomeningeal metastasis.
Four people who were successfully treated for rectal cancer in a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering are seen posing outdoors with the trial’s two principal investigators.
Rectal Cancer Disappears After Experimental Use of Immunotherapy
Rectal cancer patients saw their tumors disappear in a clinical trial involving immunotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center—without surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.
Ying Liu, with her husband, Bryan, and children (left to right), Cameron, Ethan, and Oliver
Ying Liu: Love, Life, Medicine
Some children enjoy playing with blocks, dolls, and toy cars. Dr. Ying Liu, a gynecologic medical oncologist and attending in the Clinical Genetics Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering, was fascinated by the test tubes in her mother’s laboratory. Dr. Liu didn’t know it then, but holding those sleek glass cylinders was the same as looking into a crystal ball.
Chris at the top of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Chris Lee: One Man’s Legacy
Chris Lee’s story begins in the 1940s, when his maternal grandfather boarded a ship in China headed to America.
Rosario Costas-Muñiz, PhD
For Latino People With Cancer, Mental Health A Focus For MSK Psycho-Oncologist
Rosario Costas-Muñiz’s work is helping Latino patients at MSK and across Latin America.
MSK physician-scientist Yu Chen
MSK Scientists Identify New — and Very Common — Subtype of Prostate Cancer
The findings could pave the way toward more targeted treatments for the disease.
The MSK Dragons on the water
Recognizing AANHPI Heritage Month: How To Train Your (MSK) Dragons
You sometimes hear the steady beat of the drum before you see the boat. An imposing figure then comes into view, slicing through the water. It’s a m...
Person taking leftovers out of the refrigerator
How People With Cancer Can Decrease Food Poisoning Risk
Learn how people with cancer can protect themselves against foodborne illness.
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GSK dean and graduates in their caps and gowns
MSK’s 2022 Convocation and Commencement Ceremony Recognizes Graduates and Award Winners
At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s 43rd annual event recognizing graduates and award winners, honorees were welcomed back to an in-person event.
Tomya Watt
Tomya Watt Receives Mentor Award From ‘Moves’ Magazine
Tomya Watt, Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President of Talent Acquisition and Mobility, was selected to receive the 2022 Moves Mentor Award from ’Moves‘ Magazine.
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A Warning Against Using Phone Apps To Detect Skin Cancer
Despite the promise of eventually using artificial intelligence to detect melanoma, much more research and development are needed, MSK experts find.
Memorial Sloan Kettering physician-scientist Vinod Balachandran, who specializes in treating pancreatic cancer
Picking the Winners: Study Sheds Light on Possible Best Targets for Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine
Research confirms a sound strategy for designing a therapeutic vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
MSK scientists Andrew Kung and Elli Papaemmanouil
New Type of Genetic Testing Aims To Benefit Children and Young Adults With Cancer
By sequencing the entire genome of a tumor, the experimental test will go beyond standard testing for common cancers in adults.
Richard Gilbertson, MBBS, PhD
Richard Gilbertson Named 2022 Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Prize Recipient for Contributions in Pediatric Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced that pediatric oncologist Richard Gilbertson, MBBS, PhD, of Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, has been named the 2022 recipient of The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Prize.
Mary Wu
Mary Wu: A Champion for Life
Meet Mary Wu, a patient financial services specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester.
Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students
8 Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students Prepare To Graduate
Eight scientists are poised to receive their doctorates and embark on careers tackling problems in human disease through biomedical research. Their years of dedication and training will be recognized on May 18, 2022, when they will be awarded their PhD degrees from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK). This year’s commencement marks the school’s 11th graduating class since admitting its first students in 2006.