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MSK Research Highlights, August 8, 2025

New MSK research develops a powerful new resource for studying gene regulation across eukaryotes; uncovers how “jumping genes” can drive cancer growth; describes how an unexpected oxygen sensor regulates ferroptosis; establishes a technique to map chromatin architecture in 3D; creates new models for studying schizophrenia-associated defects; and finds transcription factor 19 is critical for the responses of natural killer cells to viral infection.
Joan Massagué
How Cancer Spreads: Four Emerging Insights About Metastasis

Sloan Kettering Institute Director Dr. Joan Massagué talks about our updated understanding of cancer metastasis.
Justin Perry
High-Fructose Diet Harms Neurodevelopment and Leads to Anxiety in Mice, MSK Study Finds

A new laboratory study from MSK is shedding light on the mechanisms by which high fructose consumption early in life may directly impact brain development and increase the risk of anxiety disorders later on.
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New Understanding of a Decades-Old Bladder Cancer Treatment Could Help Improve Immunotherapies More Broadly

A team of researchers from MSK and Weill Cornell Medicine is expanding the understanding of how a decades-old treatment for bladder cancer works — an understanding that could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies more broadly.
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MSK Research Highlights, May 19, 2025

New MSK research uncovers new details of the immune response against leptomeningeal metastasis; develops a grading system to assess the risk of developing thrombocytopenia after CAR T cell therapy; and outlines a method for scientists to estimate metabolic characteristics from challenging clinical samples.
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Meet the 2025 Graduates of the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School

Fourteen young scientists are poised to receive their PhD degrees from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Their years of dedication and training will be recognized on May 14, 2025, as part of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 46th annual academic convocation.
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The Lowdown on Sugar and Cancer: MSK Experts Look at the Evidence

Learn more about from MSK experts about what the latest research on the connection between eating sugar and cancer risk.
Alexandra Joyner
Looking Back, Looking Ahead With MSK Developmental Biologist Alexandra Joyner

Developmental biologist Dr. Alexandra Joyner reflects on her career and talks about the new passions she looks forward to pursuing in retirement.
The recipients of the 2025 Marie-Josée Kravis WISE initiative awards, from left: Hina Shah, Lydia Paraskevi Tsamouri, Dr. Adriana Mujal, and Dr. Almudena Chaves-Pérez (not pictured)
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Meet the Winners of the 2025 Kravis WISE Fellowships

MSK is proud to announce that four Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) researchers have been named 2025 Kravis WISE fellowship grant recipients.
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MSK Research Highlights, March 3, 2025

New MSK research identifies new cancer-specific targets for T cell receptor immunotherapy approaches; sheds light on a critical process in sexual reproduction; describes how regulatory T cells help prevent intestinal inflammation; and uncovers how the spleen helps natural killer immune cells adapt to new threats.