Half of the human genome originates from mobile DNA elements, or transposons, but their contributions to human disease and physiology remain largely unexplored. (more…)
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Extensive genome sequencing has produced a nearly complete compendium of genetic aberrations in leukemias and solid tumors. In spite of this, the molecular mechanisms of aberrant cell survival and salient…
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Epigenetic dysregulation is becoming increasingly recognized as an important driver of human cancer, and childhood cancers in particular. The use of massively parallel DNA sequencing is beginning to reveal the…
Read MoreWe are a group of physicians and scientists in the Molecular Pharmacology Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute and the Tow Center for Developmental Oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. We study the biology of cancers that affect children and young adults ranging from embryonal tumors in infants, leukemias and brain tumors in children, and sarcomas in young adults. Scientists in our group use inter-disciplinary experimental tools as they work to understand the fundamental causes of cancer and to develop definitive therapies for their control.
