Why we’re a lot better at fighting cancer than we realized 8/12/2020 Using data mining techniques, doctors have discovered dozens of anti-tumor drugs hiding in plain sight. Read the story »
How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses 7/15/2020 Breast cancer cells sabotage nearby immune cells to evade detection and destruction by the body’s defenses. Read the story »
Blocking cholesterol storage could stop growth of pancreatic tumors 7/7/2020 Interfering with the way pancreatic cancer cells process and store cholesterol can stop a tumor from growing. Read the story »
Why pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is so lethal 5/19/2020 CSHL researchers discovered factors that allow a pancreatic cell to lose its identity and turn into an aggressive cancer cell. Read the story »
Charting a new field of cancer neuroscience 4/16/2020 A Banbury Center meeting of 35 experts proposes a new field to study the relationship between cancer and neuroscience. Read the story »
New book on The PTEN Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 3/8/2020 Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine covers all aspects of PTEN biology and its roles in human diseases. Read the story »
Extra chromosomes in cancers can be good or bad 2/24/2020 Extra chromosomes are typical in cancerous tumor cells, but not all extra copies promote cancer growth. Read the story »
Vitamin B6, leukemia’s deadly addiction 1/13/2020 Acute Myeloid Leukemia is addicted to vitamin B6. Now that researchers know this, they can pursue new treatment options for the deadly blood cancer. Read the story »
Vitamin B6, leukemia’s deadly addiction 1/13/2020 Acute Myeloid Leukemia is addicted to vitamin B6. Now that researchers know this, they can pursue new treatment options for the deadly blood cancer. Watch the video »
Milestone reached in new leukemia drug 11/19/2019 Salt-Inducible Kinase 3 (SIK3) could be a good therapeutic candidate for treating MLL translocation positive subtype of leukemia. Read the story »
Nobel laureate William Kaelin draws a crowd 10/29/2019 Nobel laureate and cancer researcher William Kaelin holds a seminar on his award-winning research at CSHL. Read the story »
Mutant cells team up to make an even deadlier blood cancer 10/2/2019 Two very different mutations have been identified as unexpected partners-in-crime for causing the deadly blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia. Read the story »
How a lab and its model animals changed science 8/13/2019 The natural history of science at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory through the lens of animal research. Read the story »
Cancer cells’ “self eating” may be new drug target 7/1/2019 Researchers reveal how pancreatic cancer cells adapt to the low energy environment of a tumor. Watch the video »
Cancer cell’s “self eating” tactic may be its weakness 7/1/2019 Pancreatic cancer cells are eating their own mitochondria to survive and spread. New research reveals how, hinting at a possible new drug target. Read the story »