Category Archives: In the News

Cycle for Love, Olympic Dreams, and a Growing MSK Alliance

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In honor of Valentine’s Day this past Sunday, we have a love story, big dreams, and a growing collaboration…

  • 10 years, countless miles, and $80M later, Jennifer Goodman Linn’s legacy and love story continues to raise money for cancer research. “Cycle for Survival has been instrumental in funding essential rare cancer studies led by Memorial Sloan Kettering, including my work on leukemia and epigenetics,” said Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Dr. Ross L. Levine. “I’ve been riding at Cycle for Survival’s events for five years and feel so inspired.”
  • Serena Burla, will compete at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on Saturday. Five years after being diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in her right leg, and fearing she would never walk again, she thanks Memorial Sloan Kettering and Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Patrick Boland for not only saving her running career, but also her life.
  • Press Release: MSK and Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida announced on Wednesday that Miami Cancer Institute will be joining Hartford Healthcare and LeHigh Valley Health Network as the third partner in the MSK Cancer Alliance.

Video of Cancer Cells, Venetoclax and More…

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Surfing the Web uncovered these news items worth sharing:

  • Two researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have produced a video of cancer cells from a breast tumor escaping and metastasizing. The video was featured in the American Society for Cell Biology’s 2015 Celldance video series.

  • There’s excitement over the drug Venetoclax! After phase I of a clinical trial, nearly 80 percent of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) responded favorably to the drug. Details provided in NEJM.
  • Researchers at the University of Montreal have found that a select number of heart drugs and antibiotics are effective in treating cancers. A total of 14 drugs were identified, mostly cardiac glycosides. Results were published in Cancer Research.

Awards, Collaborations, and MSK Authors in the News

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Surfing the Web uncovered these news items worth sharing:

  • A group of scientists from the University of Washington’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, MSK, Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, and Stanford University’s School of Medicine have come together to devise a microscope that can see cell detail without having to extract it from a patient’s body. Details can be found in their study.