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In the Clinic

Single-Cell Analysis Enables Researchers to Understand the Differences within Tumors

By Julie Grisham

Scientists are decoding the genetic changes that drive individual cancer cells. This may help them develop more-effective targeted therapies.

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Man and woman in white lab coats looking at test tubes

Science Byte

PSMA: A New Target for Prostate Cancer Treatment

By Jim Stallard

Researchers have discovered how a high level of the protein PSMA in cells helps fuel prostate cancer.

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Prostate cancer cells, colored red in scanning electron micrograph (SEM).

Announcement

Expanding the Impact of Precision Medicine to Fuel Discoveries

By Jim Stallard

MSK’s Functional Genomics Initiative will enable basic scientists to take full advantage of the massive amount of data produced by tumor sequencing.

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Christina Leslie and John Petrini

Finding

Study Reveals How Some Breast Cancers Become Resistant to Targeted Drugs

By Julie Grisham

A study of one patient’s disease has clarified why tumors stop responding to a class of experimental drugs called PI3K inhibitors.

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MSK investigators Michael Berger and David Solit.

In the Lab

Researchers Uncover Potential Target for “Undruggable” Form of Liver Cancer

By Eva Kiesler

In taking a new approach to finding treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma, MSK scientists have uncovered a potential drug target for this highly aggressive cancer.

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Pictured: Scott Lowe

Decoder

What Is Tumor Heterogeneity?

By Eva Kiesler

Understanding tumor heterogeneity may be the next big quest in cancer science, as differences between cells within a tumor can have important consequences for how cancers are diagnosed and treated.

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Pictured: Gum ball machines

Feature

Cancer Genomics: New Technologies Speed Discovery and Expand Opportunities for Personalized Medicine

By Eva Kiesler

At Memorial Sloan Kettering, new technologies to study gene changes in cancer cells are accelerating the development and implementation of more-effective treatments.

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Pictured: Michael Berger & David Solit

Researchers Find Genetic Key to Breast Cancer's Ability to Survive and Spread

New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center sheds light on a genetic function that gives breast cancer cells the ability to survive and spread to the bone years after treatment has been administered.

  • Monday, July 6, 2009