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In the Lab

One at a Time: New Tool Can Detect Genetic Changes in Thousands of Single Cancer Cells

By Matthew Tontonoz

Developed by scientists at MSK and the University of British Columbia/BC Cancer, the platform provides the deepest look yet into tumor evolution.

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DLP+ in action

Dinshaw Patel Receives C.C. Tan Life Science International Collaboration Award

The award recognizes his lifetime contributions to the field of life sciences, especially related to the training of Chinese scientists who have returned to faculty positions in China.

  • Wednesday, October 30, 2019

In the Lab

Bull’s-Eye: Imaging Technology Could Confirm When a Drug Is Going to the Right Place

By Julie Grisham

Collaborative team advances a new approach for imaging a drug that’s been developed to stop cancer growth.

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Illustration of how PU-PET localizes to tumors

In the Lab

Newly Discovered Immune Cell Subtypes Could Shake Up Immunotherapy

By Matthew Tontonoz

Dendritic cells, the guards of the immune system, have a previously unrecognized division of labor.

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a colorful dendritic cell

Announcement

19 Undergraduates Complete the 2019 Summer Research Program at GSK

By Esther Napolitano

Learn about the 19 students who completed the 2019 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK).

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Q & A

Meet Maria Jasin, an Award-Winning Biologist Who Studies DNA Repair

By Julie Grisham

Maria Jasin, a member of the Sloan Kettering Institute’s Developmental Biology Program, discusses her research.

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Michel Talagrand, Maria Jasin, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, and Edward Stone

In the Lab

New Findings Clarify How the “Guardian of the Genome” Works

By Matthew Tontonoz

Surprise! It has to do with metabolism.

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illustration of the p53 protein binding to a DNA helix

Announcement

GSK Students Receive Fellowships for the 2019-2020 Academic Year

By Esther Napolitano

Gerstner Sloan Kettering recognizes student research by annually awarding the Grayer Fellowships, the Olayan Fellowship, the Robert B. Catell Fellowship, the Palestin Fellowship, and the Geoffrey Beene Graduate Student Fellowships.

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Finding

Scientists See Potential in Cellular “Death by Iron” for Cancer Treatment

By Matthew Tontonoz

This form of cell death is called ferroptosis, and certain cancer cells are especially vulnerable to it.

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In The Lab

Researchers Identify a Bacterial Species That Could Protect against Hospital-Acquired Infections

By Julie Grisham

MSK researchers are reporting that a bacterial species called Blautia producta appears to release a substance that kills harmful bacteria.

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Microscopy image of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus