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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's videos feature our leading scientists highlighting the latest advances in biomedical research. Our investigators explain how recent developments in genetics, biology, and other areas of science contribute to better treatments for cancer patients.

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    Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research 2013: Introduction with Memorial Sloan Kettering’s President and CEO (Part 1 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 14:49


    Runtime 12:49 Craig Thompson welcomes high school students to the eighth annual Memorial Sloan Kettering Major Trends in Modern Cancer lecture. read more

    The Cancer Epigenome: Biology’s New Frontier (Part 2 of 4) 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 28:39


    Runtime 28:39 Leukemia expert Omar Abdel-Wahab says new therapies that reverse epigenetics — chemical changes within cells that drive gene expression — are being combined with conventional chemotherapy drugs to silence cancer-causing genes and treat some cancers.

    Travels on the Bi-Orient Express: Cell Division in Normal Cells and in Cancer (Part 3 of 4) 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 30:29


    Runtime 30:29 Scientist Emily Foley discusses the mechanics of cell division and its relevance to developing new cancer treatments. read more

    Zebrafish Melanoma: From Initiation to Metastasis (Part 4 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 29:12


    Runtime 29:12 Oncologist and cancer biologist Richard White explains how his research with genetically modified zebrafish, which reproduce quickly and are optically transparent, has shed light on how melanoma and other cancers spread. read more

    2012 Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014


    Memorial Sloan Kettering President and CEO Craig Thompson along with neuropathologist Jason Huse and immunologist Morgan Huse explain how recent developments contribute to better treatments for cancer patients. read more

    Which Way Is Up?: How T Cells Adjust Their Orientation to Selectively Mount Immune Responses (Part 3 of 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 34:13


    Runtime 34:13 Immunologist Morgan Huse discusses how the orientation of T cells — a type of white blood cell — affects the way they mount an immune response. read more

    Seeing Order in Chaos: How Molecular Pathology Facilitates the Personalization of Cancer Treatment (Part 2 of 3) 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 31:32


    Runtime 31:32 Neuropathologist Jason Huse discusses personalized medicine and how studying the molecular pathology of patients’ tumors can lead to new therapies. read more

    Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research 2012: Discussion with Memorial Sloan Kettering’s President (Part 1 or 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 31:12


    Runtime 31:12 Memorial Sloan Kettering President and CEO Craig B. Thompson welcomes attendees to the seventh annual Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research lecture for high school students and introduces the speakers. read more

    2011 Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2012 110:45


    Runtime 110:45 Memorial Sloan Kettering President and CEO Craig Thompson along with cancer biologist Andrea Ventura, molecular biologist Iestyn Whitehouse, and developmental biologist Jennifer Zallen explain how recent developments contribute to better treatments for cancer patients. read more

    Why We All Don't Get Cancer (Part 1 of 3) 2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2011 32:00


    Runtime 32:00 Craig B. Thompson, President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses new ways to think about cancer and how cancer arises in human beings. read more

    How Molecules Work to Make and Shape a Cell : Insights into Tissue Development and Homeostasis (Part 2 of 3) 2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2011 37:00


    Runtime 37:00 Developmental biologist Mary K. Baylies discusses the mechanisms that drive cells and how genetic approaches in flies have allowed us to find the fundamental genes and mechanisms driving muscle morphogenesis. read more

    Finding Needles in the Haystack: Making Inroads into the Cancer Genome (Part 3 of 3) 2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2011 39:00


    Runtime 39:00 Physician-scientist Timothy A. Chan discusses cancer genomics at the forefront of cancer research and how developments have allowed researchers to discover what goes wrong in cancer faster than and more thoroughly. read more

    Introduction by Memorial Sloan Kettering President Harold Varmus (Part 1 of 3) 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2009 4:19


    Runtime 04:19 Harold Varmus, co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, has served as the President of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since January 2000. Watch Dr. Varmus introduce the seminar’s senior investigators. read more

    How Modern Genomic Techniques Can Be Used to Identify Novel Mutations in Human Cancers and to Develop Molecularly Targeted Therapies (Part 2 of 3) 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2009 40:38


    Runtime 40:38 Physician-scientist, Ross Levine, discusses how the study of genomic techniques can lead to the development of new treatments. read more

    How Imaging Techniques Play an Important role in Cancer Drug Discovery as well as in Screening, Tumor Characterization, and Assessment of Treatment Responses (Part 3 of 3) 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2009 36:34


    Runtime 36:34 Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Lawrence Schwartz, discusses the role of imaging in detection, characterization, staging, and in assessing the response to therapy in cancer treatment. read more

    Introduction by Memorial Sloan Kettering President Harold Varmus (Part 1 of 5) 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2008 2:57


    Runtime 02:57 Harold Varmus, co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, has served as the President of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since January 2000. Watch Dr. Varmus introduce the seminar’s senior investigators. read more

    How Molecules and Signals Control Cell Behavior During Normal Embryonic Development and in Tumors (Part 2 of 5) 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2008 23:31


    Runtime 23:31 Developmental biologist Kathryn Anderson explains developmental biology and its relationship to cancer mutations occurring during life. read more

    How Cell Division Plays a Central Role in Human Health and Disease (Part 3 of 5) 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2008 33:55


    How Genetic Mutations Influence Cancer Risk and How Hereditary Predisposition Influences Cancer (Part 4 of 5) 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2008 23:52


    Runtime 23:52 Medical oncologist Kenneth Offit explains inherited mutations, hereditary disease, and its influences on cancer. read more

    Question and Answer Session (Part 5 of 5) 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2008 20:43


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