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Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate Students Receive 2025-2026 Fellowships

A number of Gerstner Sloan Kettering students working in labs across MSK have received prestigious fellowships granted by external agencies and benefactors of the school.
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New Type of CAR T Cells Successfully Target AML in Pilot Study

The first-ever clinical trial at MSK to evaluate a novel CAR T cell therapy for AML is showing promise.
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Cell’s ‘Antenna’ Could Be Key To Curing Diseases

Learn how developmental biologists at MSK solved a decades-old cellular mystery. Their findings will have an immediate and lasting impact on the understanding and treatment of ciliopathies, which cause a host of medical problems and affect 1 in 2,000 people worldwide.
Zhi “Zack” Zheng
2025 GSK Chairman’s Prize Recognizes Research on DNA Double-Strand Breaks

This year's GSK Chairman’s Prize was awarded to Zhi “Zack” Zheng for his research on the SPO11 protein, which creates double-strand breaks in DNA.
Dr. Robin Mendelsohn
Is Shield a Good Colorectal Cancer Screening Blood Test? Hear From an MSK Expert 

MSK experts say the Shield blood test is not the best way to detect colorectal cancer and instead recommend colonoscopy or a stool test for those who can’t have a colonoscopy.
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Liquid Biopsies and Other Blood Tests for Cancer: What You Should Know 

Learn how blood tests called liquid biopsies may be used to find, diagnose, and treat cancer anywhere in the body.
MSK breast medical oncologist Sherry Shen, MD, facing the camera and talking to a patient.
Controlling Weight Gain During Breast Cancer, Including New Research Into Ozempic and Related Weight-Loss Drugs

Learn how to control weight gain during and after breast cancer treatment, from experts at MSK.
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Eileen O'Reilly
Vaccine Targeting KRAS in Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise

Read about a therapeutic vaccine that could potentially prevent certain pancreatic and colorectal cancers from returning.
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MSK Research Highlights, August 8, 2025

New MSK research develops a powerful new resource for studying gene regulation across eukaryotes; uncovers how “jumping genes” can drive cancer growth; describes how an unexpected oxygen sensor regulates ferroptosis; establishes a technique to map chromatin architecture in 3D; creates new models for studying schizophrenia-associated defects; and finds transcription factor 19 is critical for the responses of natural killer cells to viral infection.
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What is "Fibermaxxing"? How a High-Fiber Diet Can Help Prevent Cancer

Experts in nutrition and cancer at MSK explain what a high-fiber diet looks like — and why it may lower your risk of developing certain cancers.