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Mutant cells team up to make an even deadlier blood cancer

October 2, 2019

Two very different mutations have been identified as unexpected partners-in-crime for causing the deadly blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia.

How a lab and its model animals changed science

August 13, 2019

The natural history of science at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory through the lens of animal research.

Cancer cell’s “self eating” tactic may be its weakness

July 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.

Sugars that coat proteins are a possible drug target for pancreatitis

June 20, 2019

CA19-9, a complex sugar structure coating proteins, represents a possible drug target for treatment of pancreatitis and prevention of pancreatic cancer.

Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection

June 13, 2019

Researchers found a specific type of cancer-associated fibroblast interacts with the immune system to help pancreatic cancer cells stay under the radar.

One experiment: Observing cancer’s progress in a mouse prostate

March 14, 2019

Using a technique originally designed for mapping brains, two CSHL labs have worked together to image cancer progression in a mouse prostate.

Nation’s cancer centers endorse HPV vaccination

June 8, 2018

Dr. Stillman and Dr. Tuveson joined with the leaders of other institutions nationwide in endorsing a statement regarding the HPV vaccine

Hannon named director of Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

November 21, 2017

Dr. Greg Hannon has been named the new director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, effective February 1, 2018.

Freeze-frames of enzymes in action have implications for a new cancer treatment concept

July 3, 2017

TUTase enzymes interact with let-7, a regulator of development; targeting them could help control certain cancers.

A protein that stem cells require could be a target in killing breast cancer cells

June 1, 2017

Cancer cells, like stem cells, have the ability to multiply indefinitely but epigenetic factor BPTF may be a shared weakness.

CSHL to lead international team developing next-generation organoid cancer research

May 11, 2017

CSHL awarded a research subcontract by Leidos Biomedical Research to lead Cancer Model Development Center for upper-gastrointestinal cancers.

Newly discovered mutations impair key cell pathways in pancreatic cancer

May 8, 2017

Researchers have found important new clues to the development of pancreatic cancer.

Pershing Square Sohn cancer research prize awarded to CSHL’s Dr. Mikala Egeblad

May 8, 2017

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad, Ph.D., has been awarded the Pershing Square Sohn Prize.

New research explains why even targeted therapies eventually fail in lung cancer

March 29, 2017

Dr. Sordella and her team propose a novel theory of how some cancers circumvent the killing power of targeted therapies.

Researchers identify “Achilles’ heel” of PTEN that helps drive prostate cancer progression

February 13, 2017

Researchers at CSHL have discovered that a protein called Importin-11 protects the anti-cancer protein PTEN from destruction by transporting it.

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