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MSK Awards & Appointments January 2023
MSK Awards & Appointments February & March 2023

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments.
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MSK Research Highlights, March 9, 2023

New research from MSK offers new proof-of-concept compounds against acute myeloid leukemia; reports results from a phase 1 clinical trial appraising two drugs against low- grade glioma; examines MSK’s first-in-the-nation program integrating herbal medicine into oncology care; and identifies how high-grade histologic patterns in lymph node metastases could better predict lung cancer outcomes.
MSK physician-scientists Michele Sadelain, Isabelle Riviere, and Jae Park
Testing CRISPR-Edited CAR T Cell Therapy in Lymphoma Clinical Trial

A groundbreaking clinical trial is testing CAR T cells created using CRISPR gene-editing technology.
Daniel Heller
Getting Drugs Across the Blood-Brain Barrier Using Nanoparticles

Learn how MSK researchers are investigating the use of nanoparticles to carry drugs across the blood-brain barrier.
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MSK Research Highlights, February 23, 2023

New research from MSK offers a window into patients’ complex decision-making around adjuvant therapy, explores the promise of engineered CAR T cells, highlights the success of a summer research program to support groups underrepresented in science, and more.
MSK Awards & Appointments January 2023
MSK Awards & Appointments January 2023

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments.
Robin Bankins
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FDA Approves First Treatment for Patients With All Forms of Histiocytosis

Based a clinical trial conducted at MSK, the FDA has approved the targeted drug cobimetinib (Cotellic®) for treating a rare group of diseases known as histiocytoses, or histiocytic neoplasms in adults.
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MSK Research Highlights, January 20, 2023

New research from MSK explores novel predictors of immunotherapy effectiveness against lung cancer; identifies how a high-fat diet hinders intestinal damage repair; reports findings from a clinical trial for people with androgen receptor-positive salivary gland cancer; and aims to understand the impact of tumor mutational burden on patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Dr. John Chodera in his lab
Shooting for the Moon: How the Drive To Tackle COVID-19 Will Speed Up Cancer Drug Discovery

During the pandemic, Dr. John Chodera’s lab shifted gears to help find new drugs against COVID-19. Learn how lessons from the effort are already aiding in the search for new cancer drugs.
three tobacco hornworm caterpillars held in a scientist's hand
Move Over, Mice: Caterpillars Could Replace Some Mammals in the Study of Human Disease

How scientists are working to develop nonmammalian alternatives that could reduce the number of rodents used in biomedical research.