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Concerns around COVID-19 are common in the general population, but cancer patients are also balancing questions about what the pandemic means for their treatment, prognosis, and vulnerability to the virus.

… Wednesday, May 27, 2020 Concerns around COVID-19 are common in the general population, but cancer patients are also balancing questions about what the pandemic means for their treatment, prognosis, and vulnerability to the virus. A recent segment featuring Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) on NBC News’

Every December for almost 30 years, MSK locksmith Vincent “Vinny” Fortunato has dressed up as Santa Claus to spread holiday cheer to patients and their family members.

… Monday, December 24, 2018 VIDEO | Santa Visits MSK Patients and Staff Vinny Fortunato, a locksmith at MSK, has been dressing up as Santa for 17 years. Watch him as he visits patients and staff. Video Details Summary Every December for almost 30 years, MSK locksmith Vincent “Vinny” Fortunato has dressed

Damon Reed, MD, has joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) as the inaugural Head of the Division of Pediatric Solid Tumors and as Chief of the Pediatric Sarcoma Service. Dr. Reed is a distinguished oncologist who has dedicated his career to cancer care for children, adolescents, and young adults. A gifted clinician-investigator, he is known for his work in advancing sarcoma clinical research.

… Monday, August 7, 2023 Damon Reed, MD , has joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) as the inaugural Head of the Division of Pediatric Solid Tumors and as Chief of the Pediatric Sarcoma Service. Dr. Reed is a distinguished oncologist who has dedicated his career to cancer care for children

Meet MSK Chaplain Yusuf Hasan: “I get a great blessing from sitting at the bedside of the sickest of the sick and making sure to see them as human beings, not just an illness.”

… Friday, June 6, 2025 Imam Yusuf Hasan had never heard of MSK in 1991, when he was asked to visit a Muslim patient who was dying of cancer. But he knew there was a need. There were no Muslim chaplains on MSK’s Healthcare Chaplaincy team until he came along to fill that void. He’s remained at MSK supporting

MSK researchers have shown for the first time that the concentration of different types of immune cells in the blood changes in relation to the presence of different bacterial strains in the gut.

… Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Summary MSK researchers have uncovered an important finding about the relationship between the microbiota and the immune system, showing for the first time that the concentration of different types of immune cells in the blood changes in relation to the presence of different

Scott W. Lowe, PhD, Chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI), Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and Chair of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists worldwide.

… Monday, October 21, 2019 Scott W. Lowe, PhD , Chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI), Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and Chair of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) , one

Cell biologists are finding surprising overlaps between a particular form of programmed cell death and the process of wound detection.

… Wednesday, January 1, 2020 Cell biologist Philipp Niethammer left the camera running while he went to get a cup of coffee. Aimed at tiny zebrafish bathing in a translucent dish, the camera was recording the movements of immune cells as they migrated through the fish’s tail fins toward the tip of a pipette

A new treatment option for people with acute myeloid leukemia is available, and it works in an unconventional way.

… Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Summary Acute myeloid leukemia is a rare but hard-to-treat blood cancer that primarily affects older adults. The FDA has approved a new medicine for the disease that works in a manner different from standard chemotherapies. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the

The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center sets a new benchmark for sustainability and resiliency in a healthcare facility.

… Tuesday, December 10, 2019 The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center sets a new benchmark for sustainability and resiliency in a healthcare facility. “Safety, coupled with a healthy indoor environment, is the most important assurance we can offer patients, which

Research from Sloan Kettering Institute immunologists suggests that the body may mount an immune response to respiratory viruses that lasts longer than previously thought. The discovery could impact the timing of COVID-19 vaccinations.

… Thursday, December 2, 2021 When Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) postdoctoral fellow William “Teddy” Yewdell embarked on a new research project in 2015, he didn’t know it ultimately could help in fighting a global pandemic. Dr. Yewdell studies how the immune system responds to viruses, including how to