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How cryo-electron microscopy is providing scientists at MSK with an unprecedented view of the wild and wiggly microcosm inside our cells.

… Friday, September 20, 2024 Boxy, sleek, and fronted with dark glass, it looks more like a 10-foot-tall wine fridge than a multimillion-dollar microscope. But this technological marvel is providing scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) with an unprecedented view of the wild and wiggly

A protein in blood vessels that plays a role in cancer metastasis is a promising target for delivering cancer drugs to tumors using nanoparticles.

… Thursday, July 7, 2016 Summary A major challenge in cancer treatment is making sure therapies destroy cancer cells without harming normal tissues. MSK researchers who are developing new types of nanotechnology to deliver cancer drugs have found a promising target — a protein called P-selectin that can

Learn how radiation oncologists at Memorial Sloan Kettering are making radiation therapy for metastatic cancer more effective, with fewer side effects, including a new advance called ECHO.

… Thursday, July 1, 2021 With potent, knifelike beams that can sear cancer cells yet spare healthy tissue, there’s a growing arsenal of weapons pioneered by Memorial Sloan Kettering’s radiation oncologists to reach tumors that have recurred deep inside delicate regions of the body. Radiation oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces its most recent awards and appointments for the institution’s physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff.

… Thursday, October 15, 2020 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Receives Press Ganey 2020 Pinnacle of Excellence Award Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MSK was awarded Press Ganey’s 2020 Pinnacle of

A new study sheds light on what enables breast cancer cells to spread to the brain and presents a potential target for drugs.

… Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Summary A new study sheds light on what enables breast cancer cells to spread to the brain and presents a potential target for drugs. Most cancer deaths occur when the disease spreads, or metastasizes, from the original tumor site to a distant location. In breast cancer patients

Physician-scientist Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, spoke to 2013 graduates of the “tenderness and tension” inherent in scientific discovery.

… Friday, May 17, 2013 Summary Physician-scientist Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer , spoke to 2013 graduates of the “tenderness and tension” inherent in scientific discovery. “Newspapers may bring us news of a scientific-industrial complex that is increasingly

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.

… Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Summary 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. Three globally known leaders in cancer research from Memorial Sloan Kettering

Researchers are using pluripotent stem cells to create models of diabetes and pancreatic cancer.

… Thursday, February 16, 2017 Summary MSK researchers are using pluripotent stem cells to create models of disease in the pancreas, including diabetes and pancreatic cancer. Highlights Pluripotent stem cells have the ability to develop into any type of cell in the body. By growing cells in a dish, researchers

The evolution of the surgical management of regional lymph nodes in patients with melanoma is an extraordinary lesson in the importance of humility and open-mindedness for academic surgeons.

… Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Cancer research continues to question the standard of care to find new approaches to improve survival outcomes for patients. The evolution of the surgical management of regional lymph nodes in patients with melanoma is an extraordinary lesson in the importance of humility and

Learn about MSK's visionary plans for meeting the upcoming surge in cancer cases with state-of-the-art clinical care.

… Tuesday, September 3, 2024 The prognosis is sobering. “There is a coming surge of cancer cases, on top of the storm that is already upon us,” says Jeffrey Drebin, MD, PhD , Chair of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the