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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced that Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is one of 23 research institutions to receive a grant as part of HHMI's Med into Grad Initiative.

… Monday, November 30, 2009 In November the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced that Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Gerstner Sloan Kettering (GSK) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is one of 23 research institutions to receive a grant as part of HHMI’s Med into Grad Initiative

President Biden announced the appointment of seven distinguished clinicians and researchers to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Luis Alberto Diaz, Jr., MD, was among those appointed.

… Thursday, September 16, 2021 President Biden announced the appointment of seven distinguished clinicians and researchers to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which plays an important role in guiding the Director of the National Cancer Institute in setting the course for the national cancer research

Learn how researchers engineered CAR T cells to work better by using a mutation in a gene called c-KIT that drives cancer cell growth.

… Monday, June 19, 2023 Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy , an immunotherapy that uses genetically modified immune cells, has shown great promise for the treatment of blood cancers such as  leukemia  and  lymphoma . However, this type of immunotherapy has so far been much less effective against

The study of some victims exposed to ionizing radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident is yielding new information about how radiation-induced thyroid cancer develops.

… Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Summary The study of some victims exposed to ionizing radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident is yielding new information about how radiation-induced thyroid cancer develops. The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster was the worst nuclear accident

Memorial Sloan Kettering and the City College of New York (CCNY) were recently awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the use of machine learning for early breast cancer detection in high-risk women.

… Monday, February 1, 2021 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the City College of New York (CCNY) were recently awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the use of machine learning for early breast cancer detection in high-risk women . The estimated five-year project

Learn the truth behind common misunderstandings about breast reconstruction.

… Thursday, October 4, 2018 Summary Breast reconstruction after surgery often improves quality of life. Yet many women choose not to have the procedure because of persistent myths about its benefits and risks. People thinking about breast reconstruction should talk to their doctor about the options. Women

New research from the Craig Thompson Lab offers a closer look at the transcriptional activators, Yap/Taz, and the role they play in cell growth and macropinocytosis.

… Wednesday, September 30, 2020 New research from the Craig Thompson Lab offers a closer look at the transcriptional activators, Yap/Taz, and the role they play in cell growth and macropinocytosis. (Also known as “cell drinking,” macropinocytosis is a process through which single-celled, amoeboid organisms

Learn from gynecologic surgeon Vance Broach about cervical cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

… Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Update: On October 5, 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it had expanded the approved use of the Gardasil 9 vaccine to include women and men aged 27 through 45 years. “Today’s approval represents an important opportunity to help prevent HPV-related diseases

Treating pituitary tumors with combination immunotherapy may be an effective treatment strategy, especially for tumors that are resistant to temozolomide.

… Friday, February 8, 2019 Our results suggest that clinical sequencing of pituitary tumors that have relapsed after treatment with traditional chemotherapy can identify mutations that may respond to immunotherapy. Andrew Lin Associate Attending Neurologist The response of patients with pituitary tumors

… Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the following awards and appointments: Luis Díaz Jr. Received the 2026 Gustave Roussy Award Luis Díaz Jr. Luis Díaz Jr., MD,   Gastrointestinal Medical Oncologist, received the 2026 Gustave Roussy Prize , which honors