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The certification comes after a year in which hundreds of experts worked together to assess standards of care at Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute.

… Thursday, September 18, 2014 Summary The certification comes after a year in which hundreds of experts worked together to assess standards of care at Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute. On Tuesday, more than 40 Memorial Sloan Kettering doctors, including President and CEO Craig B. Thompson and Physician-in-Chief

Cancer biologist Andrea Ventura is the incumbent of a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair at the Sloan Kettering Institute, he devotes his research to the nascent field of microRNA expression, seeking to understand how these small RNAs act on genes to promote or suppress cancer.

… Monday, February 1, 2010 Summary Cancer biologist Andrea Ventura is the incumbent of a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair at the Sloan Kettering Institute, he devotes his research to the nascent field of microRNA expression, seeking to understand how these small RNAs act on genes to promote or suppress

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers are investigating the use of tiny particles that behave like sponges to take in drugs and deliver them to tumors.

… Monday, March 10, 2014 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers are investigating the use of tiny particles that behave like sponges to take in drugs and deliver them to tumors. Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have shown that tiny particles can be manipulated to act like sponges, taking in drugs

MSK researchers are developing a new image-generation method for PET scans. It may prove to be quicker and clearer than current scans.

… Friday, April 19, 2019 Summary MSK researchers are using computer algorithms and artificial intelligence to develop a new type of PET imaging. Recently, the first-ever image of a black hole was splashed across front pages and filled up news feeds around the world. The image was made in part thanks to

Read about new targets and tactics for treating acute myeloid leukemia.

… Monday, June 10, 2024 Ever since he was in college, Michael Rosensweig has endured a series of grueling treatments for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) . This kind of blood cancer is relentless. It moves quickly and needs aggressive, often harsh, treatment with chemotherapy , sometimes followed by a bone

MSK Kids, the pediatric oncology program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has been named one of the best children’s hospitals nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report in its annual “Best Children’s Hospitals” list. MSK Kids is ranked 13th in the nation. MSK Kids has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report for the past 12 years.

… Tuesday, June 16, 2020 MSK Kids , the pediatric oncology program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has been named one of the best children’s hospitals nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report in its annual “Best Children’s Hospitals” list. MSK Kids is ranked 13th in the nation.

A new resource provides a comprehensive list of human proteins that could trigger autoimmune symptoms in ‘long COVID’ patients.

… Monday, May 24, 2021 Approximately 10% of people who contract COVID-19 will develop lingering symptoms — fever, fatigue, blood clots, or brain fog — that can last for months. The underlying cause of “long COVID” is not yet known, but one hypothesis is autoimmune reactions. An autoimmune reaction occurs

Discover how MSK Kids is using medical play to help children understand treatments and procedures.

… Thursday, December 5, 2019 Summary Medical play is an important component of care at MSK Kids. Learn how child life specialists teach young children and prepare them for their treatments. A hospital can be an unnerving place for anyone, regardless of age. But for children, the environment may be totally

Learn about George Bosl, who will become MSK's first ombudsperson.

… Friday, July 5, 2019 Summary George Bosl, who spent nearly two decades as Chair of MSK’s Department of Medicine , will become the institution’s first ombudsperson. The position will be a resource for employees to guide them through conflicts of interest and related issues. As Chair of Memorial Sloan

Researchers are exploring a mysterious population of immune cells that live within tumors and can help the cancer grow and spread.

… Thursday, June 5, 2014 Summary Researchers are exploring a mysterious population of immune cells that live within tumors and can help the cancer grow and spread. Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have uncovered the origins of a mysterious population of immune cells living within tumors and discovered