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Copper, cancer, and COVID-19: The story of an idea, a meeting, and a paper

3/4/2022

The Copper Cancer Consortium started as a new treatment concept and is now a published paper. Read the story of Banbury's last meeting before COVID. Read the story »

Obscure protein is spotlighted in fight against leukemia

1/11/2022

CSHL scientists find that a protein previously unknown to cancer researchers may hold the key to targeting acute myeloid leukemia. Read the story »

Corina Amor joins CSHL faculty

1/7/2022

Corina Amor is the newest fellow at CSHL. She studies immunology and aging. Read the story »

image of a bone marrow sample with leukemia

Exploiting cancer’s sweet tooth

10/25/2021

Sugar addiction is a weakness for cancer cells, especially if they have only one method to get what they need. Read the story »

Mestag, co-founded by CSHL prof, named leading new biotech

9/27/2021

Fierce Biotech named Mestag Therapeutics, co-founded by CSHL Professor David Tuveson, a 2021 “Fierce 15” leader in the biotech and pharma business. Read the story »

How pancreatic cancer cells dodge drug treatments

6/22/2021

CSHL scientists discovered a new clue that might explain how some pancreatic cancers evade cancer-killing drugs. Read the story »

$11 million investment to develop fibroblast therapeutic

4/26/2021

CSHL Professor David Tuveson and other leading disease experts founded a company to target fibroblasts as a new way to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases. Read the story »

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 »

image of pancreatic tumor organoids in mouse

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 »

photo of attendees of the Banbury center nervious system in cancer meeting

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 »

image of a cell divison time lapse from Jason Sheltzer

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 »

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