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- Probing the Genomic Basis for Cancer
March 2008 - Memorial Sloan-Kettering is leading efforts to understand the key genetic changes in many types of cancer. - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Plays Important Role in National Cancer Genome Discovery Efforts
March 2008 - In 2005, 15 years after the start of the Human Genome Project and two years after the full human genome sequence was completed, the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute announced the launch of the pilot phase of The Cancer Genome Atlas. The project seeks to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of a variety of genome analysis technologies. - An Interview with Lorenz Studer
March 2008 - Lorenz Studer's professional journey has taken him from humble beginnings in a storage-room-turned-laboratory in his native Switzerland to a state-of-the-art research facility at the Sloan-Kettering Institute, where he studies the use of embryonic stem cells to repair or replace cells that have been lost or damaged through disease. - Center for Cell Engineering Holds First Annual Retreat
March 2008 - The first annual retreat of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's newly established Center for Cell Engineering (CCE) featured presentations by four Memorial Sloan-Kettering scientists and two researchers from other institutions that focused on strategies for using the body's own cells to treat disease. - Role of Ethics Committee Is Expanded
March 2008 - The Ethics Committee has expanded its focus to include an on-call consult service that will help resolve ethical dilemmas in a clinically relevant time frame. - Eric C. Holland Named Incumbent of Newly Endowed Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology
March 2008 - Dr. Holland is a neurosurgeon and cancer biologist who is Director of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Brain Tumor Center - Mark G. Kris Named Incumbent Newly Endowed William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology
March 2008 - Dr. Kris is Chief of the Thoracic Oncology Service. He is a medical oncologist who specializes in the care of patients with lung cancer, thymoma, and neuroendocrine tumors arising in the lung. - Marcel R. van den Brink Named to Alan N. Houghton Chair
March 2008 - Dr. van den Brink, Chief of the Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service in the Department of Medicine, is an immunologist and medical oncologist who is an expert in allogeneic (donor provided) blood stem cell transplantation for adult cancer patients. - Yankee Pitcher Visits Memorial Sloan-Kettering Pediatric Patients
March 2008 - Children undergoing treatment in Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Department of Pediatrics got a close-up look at a sports star when New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain came for a visit.
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