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In the News
New Biotech Startup Will Pit the Immune System Against Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s partnership in a pioneering effort to speed the development of cancer immunotherapies drew national headlines.
Honors
Charles Sawyers, Kenneth Offit, and Larry Norton
Three Memorial-Sloan Kettering Researchers Receive Special Awards by the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Charles Sawyers, Larry Norton, and Kenneth Offit are being honored with special awards at the annual meeting of the world’s leading professional organization for cancer physicians and researchers.
In the Lab
Pictured: ESK1 Monoclonal Antibody
New Molecule Targets Proteins Inside Cancer Cells

Scientists from Memorial Sloan Kettering have collaborated on the discovery of a unique monoclonal antibody, called ESK1, that appears to be effective at targeting and destroying several types of cancer cells.
In the Lab
Pictured: Michel Sadelain
New Technique Could Make Cell-Based Immune Therapies for Cancer Safer and More Effective

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have reported a new method that could allow the development of more-specific, cell-based therapies for 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.
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.
In the Lab
Pictured: Natural Killer Cells & Cancer Cell
Study Suggests Refined Donor Selection Could Improve Outcomes of Bone Marrow Transplantation in Leukemia

In the future, more-advanced genetic testing might offer better ways to match up patients who need a bone marrow transplant with potential donors.
Announcement
Pictured: American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2012
Memorial Sloan Kettering Discoveries in Personalized Medicine Highlighted at Major Cancer Research Meeting; Investigators Honored

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, held its 2012 annual meeting in Chicago.
In the News
Pictured: Memorial Sloan Kettering logo
Memorial Sloan Kettering Made Major Contributions to Cancer Advances in 2011

Two of the year's top five cancer research advances cited by the American Society of Clinical Oncology were led by Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators.
In the Lab
Pictured: Breast tumor treated with paclitaxel
Research Suggests New Drugs Could Boost the Effectiveness of Chemotherapy

Recent findings by Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators suggest it might be possible to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy for breast cancer by combining the treatment with a new type of drug called a cathepsin inhibitor.