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Researchers led by scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have now identified fundamentally novel regulatory mechanisms of <i>PTEN</i> function. The findings from two related studies are published in the January 12 issue of <i>Cell</i>.

Computational biology researchers today announced a new Internet tool for the exploration of the scientific literature in medicine and biology. The freely accessible iHOP service provides fast, accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date summary information on more than 80,000 biological molecules by automatically extracting key sentences from millions of PubMed documents when a search is requested.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is one of six leading institutions that will share in a $120 million gift from a foundation created by American billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig.

A gift from the estate of renowned fashion designer Geoffrey Beene will enable MSKCC to launch an ambitious research initiative to be known as the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center.

The Starr Foundation today announced that it has made a $100 million grant to create a wide-ranging cancer consortium to coordinate the efforts of five internationally renowned research institutions in the fight against cancer. Joining this ambitious undertaking are The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medical College.

The Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative, comprised of three leading New York City biomedical research institutions -- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University, and Weill Medical College of Cornell University -- has announced the first wave of stem cell research projects to be funded through a $50 million gift from The Starr Foundation.