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… Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Memorial Sloan Kettering pharmacologist Gavril Pasternak has been named a 2014 Harrington Scholar-Innovator for his work in developing a class of analgesics more potent than morphine but free from the negative side effects and potential for abuse associated with traditional opioids

Physician-scientist Charles Sawyers played a pivotal role in the development of Gleevec, one of the first successful targeted drugs for cancer.

… Thursday, March 12, 2015 Summary Physician-scientist Charles Sawyers played a pivotal role in the development of Gleevec, one of the first successful targeted drugs for cancer. Starting in the mid-1990s, while he was at the University of California, Los Angeles , Memorial Sloan Kettering physician-scientist

New data presented today by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers show an experimental approach to treating pancreatic cancer with the messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutic cancer vaccine candidate, autogene cevumeran, continues to show potential to stimulate an immune response that may reduce the risk of the disease returning after surgery.

… Sunday, April 7, 2024 New data presented today by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers show an experimental approach to treating pancreatic cancer with the messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutic cancer vaccine candidate, autogene cevumeran, continues to show potential to stimulate

The launch of a 20-ton instrument and a facility for producing radioactive imaging molecules will allow our doctors and scientists to monitor cancers in unparalleled detail.

… Friday, June 27, 2014 Summary The launch of a 20-ton instrument and a facility for producing radioactive imaging molecules will allow our doctors and scientists to monitor cancers in unparalleled detail. Memorial Sloan Kettering has taken a leap into the future with the launch of a new cyclotron, a type

Read about Ashley Landay, a breast cancer patient at MSK, who will run the TCS New York City Marathon with her chemotherapy nurse, Ashley Pildis.

… Thursday, October 31, 2019 Pictured: Ashley Landay (left) and Ashley Pildis (right) For the second year, MSK patient Ashley Landay (left) and her chemotherapy nurse Ashley Pildis (right) will run the TCS New York City Marathon together for Fred's Team, which raises funds for cancer research at Memorial

Comedy vs Cancer, a night of humor and hope to outwit blood cancers, raised $1.2 million for research at MSK. There were a thousand people in the audience in New York City on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.

… Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Comedy vs Cancer , a night of humor and hope to outwit blood cancers, raised $1.2 million for research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). There were a thousand people in the audience in New York City on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick

New research led by MSK has uncovered a way to “hack” neurons' internal clocks to speed up their development. The approach promises to accelerate research into neurological disease.

… Wednesday, January 31, 2024 The neurons that make up our brains and nervous systems mature slowly over many months. And while this may be beneficial from an evolutionary standpoint, the slow pace makes growing cells to study neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases — like Parkinson’s disease

MSK’s Mobile Health Unit provides health education, screening, and navigation services to underserved communities in the New York metro area.

… Thursday, April 6, 2023 Mobile Health Unit MSK’s Mobile Health Unit parked at St. Michael’s Church in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, on January 21, 2022 Ramon Gonzalez Mobile Health Unit driver Ramon Gonzalez with informational flyers for community members passing the church. Jessica Llamozas MSK nurse Jessica

La nueva unidad de salud móvil de MSK ofrece servicios de educación para la salud, pruebas de detección y orientación a comunidades marginadas del área metropolitana de Nueva York.

… Thursday, April 6, 2023 Mobile Health Unit MSK’s Mobile Health Unit parked at St. Michael’s Church in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, on January 21, 2022 Ramon Gonzalez Mobile Health Unit driver Ramon Gonzalez with informational flyers for community members passing the church. Jessica Llamozas MSK nurse Jessica

Most people are aware of how important clinical trials for cancer are and how they can lead to lifesaving breakthroughs, but they’re also unlikely to participate in them.

… Monday, May 23, 2016 Summary Nearly every cancer treatment available today exists because of a clinical trial. Despite their importance, people don’t know much about cancer clinical trials and are also unlikely to enroll in them. Once they learn more, though, patients are far more likely to participate