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With the power of advanced microscopes, Sloan Kettering Institutes scientists are pushing the boundaries of what can be seen and measured.
… Wednesday, May 26, 2021 VIDEO | 00:25 A Developing Mouse Embryo This movie from the Kat Hadjantonakis lab shows an 11-day-old mouse embryo with its internal organs labeled in different fluorescence. The video was prepared by postdoc Evan Bardot. Video Details If you’ve ever explored Google Earth, you
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Read about a new discovery that could lead to more powerful cell-based therapies for cancer.
… Tuesday, July 22, 2025 A team of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers have made an important finding about why genetically engineered immune cells sometimes fail to finish the job when given as a cancer treatment. The new discovery sheds light on the tendency of these modified cells
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The success of science, research, and medicine in saving and extending lives requires the transfer of ideas and knowledge in the laboratory, classroom, hospitals and clinics. The Executive Order issued on June 22 that suspends the issuing of temporary visas for certain foreign workers will only impede the innovation and scientific leadership that the world has come to expect from the United States.
… Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The success of science, research, and medicine in saving and extending lives requires the transfer of ideas and knowledge in the laboratory, classroom, hospitals and clinics. Shutting off access to the brightest and most talented scientists and clinicians from around the world
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Karen Granville works as a patient advocate to increase their access to MSK for cancer treatment.
… Tuesday, March 8, 2022 An Advocate for Patients with Cancer As a registered nurse for the past 13 years, Karen Granville , who now serves as a Nurse Case Manager for Patient Financial Services at MSK, empathizes with the struggles faced by our patients with cancer. “It’s easy to lose hope,” Ms. Granville
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Norwalk Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced MSK Physicians at Norwalk Hospital, a new cancer care collaboration that will integrate MSK medical and radiation oncologists and care practices with the existing cancer program at the C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center at Norwalk Hospital.
… Monday, October 16, 2017 Norwalk Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced MSK Physicians at Norwalk Hospital , a new cancer care collaboration that will integrate MSK medical and radiation oncologists and care practices with the existing cancer program at the C. Anthony
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Paige Arnold, a graduate student in the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), is one of 13 PhD candidates selected from around the world to receive a Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for the quality, originality, and significance of their doctoral research.
… Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Paige Arnold , a graduate student in the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), is one of 13 PhD candidates selected from around the world to receive a Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for the quality, originality, and significance of
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A new drug could be an effective treatment for some people with low-grade glioma.
… Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Brain tumors are among the deadliest and most difficult cancers to treat. But the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved a new drug that slows the growth of low-grade diffuse gliomas with a certain gene mutation. “This represents the first new treatment option
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By deciphering the biology of T cells, MSK scientists gave immunotherapy a boost.
… Wednesday, December 28, 2016 Immunologists are fond of car analogies. The T cells that protect us from infections and cancer, they say, have an ignition switch. They also have gas pedals and brakes. How immunologists, like good molecular mechanics, deciphered what makes T cells hum is a story that reaches
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Cell replacement therapy seeks to restore function in the body by replacing cells that are lost due to disease or injury with new, healthy cells. One disease for which this type of therapy holds particular promise is the degenerative neurological disorder Parkinson’s disease, which is characterized by symptoms related to movement.
… Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Summary Cell replacement therapy seeks to restore function in the body by replacing cells that are lost due to disease or injury with new, healthy cells. One disease for which this type of therapy holds particular promise is the degenerative neurological disorder Parkinson’s
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Studies conducted in mice reveal a potential way to breach the defenses of pancreatic cancer tumors.
… Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Summary In a study published March 31, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute report that a two-drug combination makes pancreatic cancer more sensitive to immunotherapy in mouse models. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging cancers to treat. In part, that’s because