Every 2nd and 4th Monday retired oncologist and Society Member Dr. Carol Portlock reviews new and intriguing science in multiple fields, including those relevant to COVID and beyond. Free and open to the public!

NEW: These sessions are recorded, with the video available for 30 days following each session. For access, please contact Communications Manager Ed Beck at ebeck@nysec.org.

Suggested readings

Consequences of measles goes beyond the unvaccinated
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/well/utah-measles-unvaccinated-babies.html

A double target antibody therapy with remarkable benefit in resistant head and neck cancer
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/30/cancer-jab-can-eradicate-entire-tumours-in-patients-trial-shows
https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2026.44.16_suppl.6008

A genomic test can identify breast cancer which does not require chemotherapy
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/29/groundbreaking-genomic-test-spare-breast-cancer-patients-chemotherapy-hormone-therapy

A new genetic approach to dangerously elevated cholesterol with hope for a cure
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/health/cholesterol-ldl-gene-therapy.html

Embryonic gene editing perfected, what does the future hold?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/science/embryos-gene-editing-crispr.html

A wearable ultrasound for monitoring premature babies
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/26/scientists-create-wearable-ultrasound-to-continuously-monitor-babies-in-womb

Sperm racing: a joke or of medical significance
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/magazine/sperm-racing-silicon-valley.html

A rock found in 1912 was recently dated as 17,100 years old.  Moreover, the stripes are Paleolithic art!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/01/striped-rock-dismissed-as-natural-reclassified-uk-oldest-cave-art-mumbles-south-wales

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