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Rare Stem T Cells May Hold the Key to Fighting Chronic Diseases

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By Ian Demsky
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The lab of MSK cancer immunologist Dr. Andrea Schietinger and colleagues at Weill Cornell Medicine found that a small subset of T cells, called stem T cells, are responsible for making new T cells and for continuously replenishing them in chronic disease. The findings open the door to new treatment strategies for chronic conditions like cancer, autoimmune diseases, and infections. T cells are an elite fighting force of the immune system, seeking out and destroying diseased cells.
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A Final Discovery From the Lab of Dr. Kathryn Anderson: How Signals in the Embryo Tells Cells What To Become

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By Ian Demsky
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The final paper from the lab of the late MSK Developmental Biology Chair Kathryn Anderson reveals how a critical signaling molecule called WNT guides cells in the embryo from a state of high flexibility — known as "plasticity" — toward distinct, specialized identities. Completing the study was a labor of love for her colleagues.
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MorPhiC: Inside the Ambitious Project To Understand the Function of Every Human Gene

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By Ian Demsky
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The MSK MorPhiC team, left to right: Drs. Lorenz Studer, Danwei Huangfu, Ting Zhou, and Thomas Vierbuchen. Imagine you inherit a house only to discover that there are no labels on any of the breakers in the circuit box. How would you go about figuring out which switch did what? One approach: Turn on all the lights and appliances, then flip each breaker off one at a time to see what changes.
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