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Sloan Kettering Institute Director Thomas J. Kelly is the co-recipient of the 2010 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.
… Friday, April 1, 2011 Summary Sloan Kettering Institute Director Thomas J. Kelly is the co-recipient of the 2010 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. Sloan Kettering Institute Director Thomas J. Kelly is the co-recipient of the 2010 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.
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The Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences welcomes 21 students to the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
… Friday, May 26, 2017 The 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) began with the arrival of 21 undergraduate students, under the auspices of the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK). This year’s SURP class includes 13 women and eight men, all of whom are undergraduates
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Neuro-oncologist Dr. Adrienne Boire discusses her path to becoming a cancer researcher, and on the parallel between science and another passion — knitting.
… Friday, January 10, 2025 Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD , has been a knitter almost her entire life. In the famously frigid plains of Minnesota, where Dr. Boire grew up, knitting is taught as part of regular elementary education. It’s a way to make math fun for kids, teach concentration skills, and let them
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MSK investigators have shown that a gene mutation linked to many kinds of cancer can also cause birth defects of the nervous system.
… Friday, February 26, 2016 Summary MSK investigators have shown that a mutation in a gene called PTEN that’s linked to many kinds of cancer can also cause birth defects of the nervous system. Their research unveils the mechanism by which the mutation affects cell shape and prevents cells from properly
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Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States, with approximately 70 to 80 percent of employed breast cancer survivors returning to work three to eighteen months following diagnosis. Job loss can have devastating financial consequences, including increased risk of bankruptcy and debt. Victoria Blinder, MD, medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering, conducted a longitudinal study of a racially and ethnically diverse sample of employed women undergoing treatment for stage I-III breast cancer in New York City. For more information on this study, published in Health Affairs on February 6, 2017, and to speak with the study author, contact [email protected].
… Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States, with approximately 70 to 80 percent of employed breast cancer survivors returning to work three to eighteen months following diagnosis. Job loss can have devastating financial consequences, including increased risk
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As flu season ramps up amid the continuing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, MSK held an Information Session for Patients and Caregivers with the goal of helping people understand the risks and what precautions they could take to safeguard against the flu.
… Monday, November 16, 2020 As flu season ramps up amid the continuing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, MSK held an Information Session for Patients and Caregivers with the goal of helping people understand the risks and what precautions they could take to safeguard against the flu this year. The
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Investigators have sequenced the genome of adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare and deadly head and neck cancer. The work sets the stage for the sequencing of additional rare cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
… Friday, May 24, 2013 Summary Investigators have sequenced the genome of adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare and deadly head and neck cancer. The work sets the stage for the sequencing of additional rare cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, many researchers
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Sloan Kettering Institute scientists report new findings about a gene that helps regulate DNA methylation.
… Friday, April 9, 2021 The DNA in our genes contains the instructions needed to manufacture all of the proteins in our cells. These proteins, in turn, do the work that keeps our bodies functioning. Therefore, knowing how individual proteins get made can help us understand the causes of human disease,
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For the first time, researchers have found an association between the makeup of the microorganisms in the body before a bone marrow transplant and a patient’s survival afterward.
… Sunday, December 2, 2018 Summary For the first time, researchers have found that having a healthy balance of microorganisms in the body before a bone marrow transplant is associated with higher survival rates after the transplant. Update: On February 27, 2020, Dr. Peled, Dr. van den Brink, and their
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New MSK research suggests a method for revealing DNA repair “scars” could help make treatment decisions in BRCA1- and BRCA2-deficient cancers; modified a bacteria-made compound to target mutant KRAS-driven cancers; and shed new light on brain metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.
… Thursday, August 24, 2023 New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and the Sloan Kettering Institute — a hub for basic science and translational research within MSK — suggests a method for revealing DNA repair “scars” could help make treatment decisions in BRCA1- and BRCA2-deficient