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In the Lab

Drugs That Stall — But Don’t Kill — Cancer Cells Are an Untapped Resource, Study Suggests

By Matthew Tontonoz

A drug combination that halts tumor cell division can stir the immune system into taking action.

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electron micrograph of a natural killer cell

In the Lab

MSK Scientists Fine-Tune CAR T Cells to Improve Their Performance

By Matthew Tontonoz

The updated versions can survive longer in the body while still packing a punch against cancer.

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Illustration of mechanical arms altering a cell

In the Lab

The Immune System Can Fight Cancer. So Why Doesn’t It?

By Matthew Tontonoz

New research from scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute helps explain how growing tumors escape our immune defenses.

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a cabinet full of yellow rubber duckies and one blue one

Feature

How Do Cigarettes Cause Cancer?

By Matthew Tontonoz

Everyone knows that cigarettes cause cancer. But what do we know about how they do it?

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Roundup

Advances in Myeloma, Lymphoma, and Bone Marrow Transplant Announced at the 2018 ASH Meeting

By Jim Stallard Matthew Tontonoz Julie Grisham

Learn more about the work of MSK researchers being presented at the 2018 meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

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Finding

Gut Microbes May Protect People Having Bone Marrow Transplants

By Julie Grisham

For the first time, researchers have found an association between the makeup of the microorganisms in the body before a bone marrow transplant and a patient’s survival afterward.

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In the Lab

Something New Under the Sun: Study in Leukemia Finds Role for Helios Protein

By Julie Grisham

MSK researchers have found that a protein that contributes to one type of leukemia when it’s missing can lead to the formation of a different leukemia type when it’s present.

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An illustration shows Helios, the ancient Greek sun god, unwinding DNA

In the News

Symposium Celebrates 15 Years of Developmental Biology at the Sloan Kettering Institute

By Matthew Tontonoz

Scientists came to give talks and celebrate the achievements that the program has made under the leadership of Kathryn Anderson.

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In the Lab

This Newly Discovered Organelle Is Fierce

By Matthew Tontonoz

It’s not every day that scientists discover a new part of the cell. Two biologists from the Sloan Kettering Institute just did.

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3D organelle

Education

MSK Holds Diversity Recruitment Event for Prospective Postdoctoral Fellows

By Matthew Tontonoz

Women and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in science. Memorial Sloan Kettering is working to change that.

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A female graduate student