New findings by researchers at MSK and their collaborators at the Icahn School of Medicine point to an opportunity to improve therapies that use small RNAs to silence disease-causing genes, potentially including those involved in cancer.
How developmental biologist Eric Lai’s approach to science co-evolved with his music, art, and life outside the lab.
The common wisdom is that genes are preserved from generation to generation because they help the organism survive and reproduce. But MSK's Dr. Eric Lai’s team is showing — in fruit flies — that certain genes can threaten a species’ very survival by pursuing their narrow self-interests in passing along their own genetic material.
In the Lab
Research from investigators at the Sloan Kettering Institute shows how a brain circuit controls mating behavior in fruit flies.
The two distinct interests that have shaped Eric Lai’s life — science and music — still resonate powerfully with his developmental biology work.
