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MSK computational biologist Sohrab Shah
Scientists Obtain Real-Time Look at How Cancers Evolve

With the help of machine learning, computational biologists are learning to predict how cancers will evolve.
Zsofia Stadler
Finding
Knowledge of Inherited Gene Mutations Increasingly Can Guide Cancer Treatment

An analysis of patients who received molecular testing at MSK has found that about half of those with hereditary gene mutations could benefit from treatment with therapies that target those alterations.
SKI immunologist Michael Glickman
MSK Scientists Solve One of TB’s Deadliest Tricks

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering have pieced together the biochemical mechanism by which the tuberculosis bacterium sneaks past our immune defenses.
Developmental biologist Luis Parada
In the Lab
Stem Cells May Explain Why Rare Inherited Tumor in Kids Is So Aggressive

Sloan Kettering Institute investigators have found that a subpopulation of cells within a type of sarcoma called malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor appear to be similar to a type of neural stem cells.
Structural biologist Stephen Long in his lab
In the Lab
High-Tech Microscope Reveals Inner Workings of Protein Assembly Machinery

Sloan Kettering Institute investigators have learned how Hedgehog proteins, which are important in both development and cancer, are assembled.
Five MSK researcher headshots
ASCO 2021 Research Roundup: Focus on Immunotherapy

Read about the latest findings in immunotherapy from the 2021 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Sloan Kettering Institute immunologists Joseph Sun and Sam Sheppard
SKI Scientists Learn What Fuels the ‘Natural Killers’ of the Immune System

Sloan Kettering Institute scientists are understanding more about natural killer (NK) cells, which are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer.
Illustration of a fish inside a bubble-like structure. The fish has strands of genetic material coming from its mouth. Outside the bubble is a worm-like creature with an open mouth, ready to gobble up the fish.
In the Lab
Researchers Discover New Cancer Cell Vulnerability: Droplets in the Nucleus

SKI researchers have learned how tiny droplets prevent a cancer-causing type of messenger RNA from being degraded in leukemia cells.
A video of a developing mouse embryo
Super Vision: How New Imaging Technologies Are Transforming Biomedical Research

With the power of advanced microscopes, Sloan Kettering Institutes scientists are pushing the boundaries of what can be seen and measured.
Cornelius Taabazuing
From a Village in Ghana to a Rising Young Researcher: Cornelius Taabazuing Reflects on His Journey

Learn about the journey of Cornelius Taabazuing, a rising young scientist who recently won the Tri-Institute Breakout Award for Young Investigators at the Sloan Kettering Institute.