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In the Lab

How Stem Cells Decide Their Fate

By Julie Grisham

Research in blood stem cells has revealed new information about how these cells decide what to become when they divide.

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An illustration of two teapots with liquid flowing into various cups

In the Lab

Scientists Develop a Tool to Watch a Single Gene Being Transcribed in a Living Cell

By Julie Grisham

A new imaging technology developed at MSK allows researchers to focus on genes as they are copied into messenger RNA.

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In the Lab

Drug That Hits CAR T Snooze Button Can Quiet a Cytokine Storm

By Matthew Tontonoz

An FDA-approved drug used to treat leukemia can serve as a temporary off switch for CAR T cells, MSK scientists have found.

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cartoon of man hitting a snooze button

In the Lab

Scientists Use CRISPR to Learn How Cells Make Decisions

By Matthew Tontonoz

The genome-editing technique uncovered several genes previously not known to influence embryonic development.

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In the Lab

Research Clarifies How IDH Mutations Cause Cancer

By Julie Grisham

The MSK team’s goal was to get at the underlying defects in cells that these mutations cause.

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DNA winding around histones

In the Lab

Checkpoint Challenge: When Releasing Immune Cell Brakes Is Not Enough to Stop Cancer

By Matthew Tontonoz

Scientists have learned that cutting a T cell’s brakes can have unexpected consequences.

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Immune cells surrounding a cancer cell

In The Lab

Computational “Hive Mind” Helps Scientists Solve an Enzyme’s Cryptic Movements

By Matthew Tontonoz

The breakthrough gives an unprecedented look at the varied and shifting poses of a protein in action.

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Q & A

Steering Cancer Cells Back to Normal: 8 Questions with Kristian Helin

By Matthew Tontonoz

Learn about Kristian Helin, the new Chair of the Cell Biology Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute and Director of the Center for Epigenetics Research at MSK.

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Kristian Helin in his laboratory

Feature

How Do Immune Cells Kill Their Prey?

By Matthew Tontonoz

When an immune cell faces a foe, it has more than chemical weapons at its disposal.

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An illustration of an immune cell killing a cancer cell, and a snake attacking a mouse

In The Lab

Scientists Home In On “Equation” for Muscle Cell Size

By Matthew Tontonoz

A new study in flies reveals a previously unknown type of cooperation at work in muscle cells.

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Mutlinucleated muscle cells from flies