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Charles Sawyers, Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, is widely recognized as someone who is revolutionizing the molecular treatment of cancer.

… Saturday, December 8, 2012 Summary Charles Sawyers, Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, is widely recognized as someone who is revolutionizing the molecular treatment of cancer. President Barack Obama announced on December 6 his intent to appoint Memorial Sloan

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers gathered with scientists from four other institutions at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island in September to present and discuss projects funded by the Starr Cancer Consortium.

… Monday, December 1, 2008 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers gathered with scientists from four other institutions at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island in September to present and discuss projects funded by the Starr Cancer Consortium. Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse,

Chief Health Equity Officer Carol Brown shared information about cancer health equity during two expert panels in February.

… Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Carol Brown , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Chief Health Equity Officer , shared information about cancer health equity during two expert panels in February. Dr. Brown leads MSK’s Office of Health Equity. She and her team are guiding MSK’s efforts to ensure there is

Get to know Nalini Dhingra, a postdoctoral fellow in the Sloan Kettering Institute.

… Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Summary As part of Women’s History Month, we are profiling some of MSK’s star female graduate students and postdoctoral fellows training to be leaders in their fields. Nalini Dhingra is a postdoctoral fellow in the Zhao lab  in the Sloan Kettering Institute. Was there someone

Cell biologist Michael Overholtzer explains apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death that can lead to cancer when it doesn’t function properly.

… Friday, May 16, 2014 Summary Cell biologist Michael Overholtzer explains apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death that can lead to cancer when it doesn’t function properly. The death of one tiny cell might seem like a simple thing. But the process is much more complicated than you would expect. There

Learn why MSK was once nicknamed “Radium Hospital” and what it meant for cancer treatment.

… Thursday, September 22, 2016 Summary The history of MSK as a cancer hospital is inseparable from the history of radium, one of the earliest cancer treatments. In the mountainous region of what is now the Czech Republic, along the German border, is a mining town called Joachimsthal, famous for its silver

Fellowship recipient Dr. Francisco Sanchez-Vega will research factors that lead to negative colorectal cancer outcomes in Black communities.

… Thursday, April 13, 2023 Corning Incorporated and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced today that Dr. Francisco Sanchez-Vega, PhD, has been awarded the Corning-MSK Health Equity Research Fellowship, a two-year grant that funds research into the broad disparities in cancer outcomes for

A phase 3 trial led by MSK showed that adding epcoritamab to traditional treatment for follicular lymphoma benefits patients. Epcoritamab received FDA approval based on the findings.

… Sunday, December 7, 2025 Retired New York City police officer Michael T. had grown used to getting bad news about the follicular lymphoma  that he had been living with for more than 20 years. “I have a relapse about every five years,” says Michael, who was a 9/11 first responder and worked at Ground

Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists, physicians, and administrators are developing and commercializing research discoveries to generate more-effective and affordable cancer treatments.

… Thursday, December 1, 2011 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists, physicians, and administrators are developing and commercializing research discoveries to generate more-effective and affordable cancer treatments. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, scientists, physicians, and administrators strive to

The common wisdom is that genes are preserved from generation to generation because they help the organism survive and reproduce. But MSK's Dr. Eric Lai’s team is showing — in fruit flies — that certain genes can threaten a species’ very survival by pursuing their narrow self-interests in passing along their own genetic material.

… Monday, August 28, 2023 Developmental biologist Eric Lai, PhD , and his lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have been studying hotbeds of biological conflict. Only instead of battles between outside invaders and internal defenders, they’ve uncovered an evolutionary battle of the sexes