MSK physician-scientists Dr. Viviane Tabar and Dr. Lorenz Studer have developed a treatment for Parkinson’s disease that involves creating nerve cells from embryonic stem cells and transplanting them ...

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About your donor site For most people, the donor site is a straight incision (surgical cut) that’s closed with sutures (stitches). Some people also have Steri-Strips ™ (surgical tape) or Dermabond ® ...

What is a PICC? A PICC is a long, flexible catheter (thin tube) that goes into a vein in your upper arm. The PICC goes through the vein in your arm to a large vein in your chest. Outside your body, ...

The Overholtzer lab studies mechanisms of nutrient sensing and cellular responses to nutrient starvation, including the nutrient recycling pathway autophagy, scavenging pathways such as ...

Learn how blood tests called liquid biopsies may be used to find, diagnose, and treat cancer anywhere in the body.

About platelets Platelets are blood cell fragments (pieces) that help form clots and stop bleeding. They are made in your bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy center in most of your large bones. A ...

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MSK gastrointestinal medical oncologist Eileen O'Reilly, MD (left), led a very promising early phase clinical trial of the targeted RAS therapy daraxonrasib for people facing pancreatic cancer, ...

How are new targeted therapies for specific genetic mutations improving lung cancer treatment? We are getting new targeted therapies approved every year for genes that were long thought to be ...

2. There are now more cases of head and neck cancers than cervical cancers in America; HPV causes 70% of them, according to the CDC. “My doctor told me that tumors of the neck and throat were getting ...

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an herb that has been used in Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medical system, for more than 3,000 years. It is an adaptogen, which means it is believed to ...