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Pictured: Ming Li
Study Suggests New Ways of Manipulating Immune System to Treat Autoimmune Diseases and Cancer
Recent findings by Memorial Sloan Kettering immunologists might one day pave the way for new strategies to control a range of diseases, including autoimmune disorders and cancer.
Announcement
Pictured: Michel Sadelain & Jedd Wolchok
Memorial Sloan Kettering Researchers Appointed to Stand Up To Cancer Immunology “Dream Team”
Physician-scientists Michel Sadelain and Jedd Wolchok have been appointed to a new research team dedicated to investigating ways to harness the immune system to fight cancer.
Q&A
Pictured: Lorenz Studer
Developmental Biologist Lorenz Studer Comments on the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Methods to generate stem cells have given scientists new ways to study some diseases and identify potential drugs, and could one day be used to rebuild diseased or damaged tissues in patients.
Announcement
Pictured: Charles Sawyers
President Obama Names Physician-Scientist Charles Sawyers to National Cancer Advisory Board
Charles Sawyers, Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, is widely recognized as someone who is revolutionizing the molecular treatment of cancer.
Q&A
Pictured: Scott Lowe
At Work: Biologist Scott Lowe, Chair of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center
In the lab of cancer biologist Scott Lowe, researchers are investigating the processes that naturally inhibit cancer development.
In the Lab
Pictured: PET Scan
New Imaging Agent Could Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering are developing a new strategy for PET imaging of tumors that could result in new tools to detect and monitor prostate cancer.
Q&A
Pictured: Ping Chi
At Work: Physician-Scientist Ping Chi
Dr. Chi, a physician-scientist and member of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, studies genetic and epigenetic changes that cause cancer.
Announcement
Pictured: Zuckerman Research Center
Pioneering Cancer Research Complex Nears Completion
Memorial Sloan Kettering’s new research complex contains more than 100 laboratories, nearly doubling the space we dedicate to research to better understand and treat cancer.
In the Lab
Pictured: Structure of Synthesized Erythropoietin
Memorial Sloan Kettering Investigators Synthesize Vital Biological Molecule Erythropoietin for the First Time
Researchers have produced a fully synthetic, functional version of erythropoietin, the hormone that controls production of red blood cells.
Pictured: Robert Bowman
Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students Receive Kirschstein Awards
Four students have been awarded 2012 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards from the National Cancer Institute.