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New method to determine <em>before</em> surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat

New method to determine before surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat

December 1, 2017

The news about prostate cancer can be confusing. It’s the third most common cancer type among Americans.

Next-gen cancer test

November 24, 2017

Knowing that cancers become lethal when they spread, investigators at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory seek a way of detecting tumors much earlier

What a real-life science test looks like

March 24, 2017

By revealing evidence that contradicts the rationale for a new cancer drug, a pair of student scientists learns firsthand that when you do science.

Relationship between incorrect chromosome number and cancer is reassessed after surprising experiments

January 12, 2017

Pre-malignant aneuploid cells grew more slowly and formed smaller tumors than comparable cells with normal chromosome number, CSHL researchers found.

A theoretical physicist’s approach to breast cancer

October 21, 2016

Associate Professor Mickey Atwal explains how exploring numbers and patterns could lead to a new cancer treatment strategy.

CSHL scientists Bo Li and Je Lee win HFSP Research Grant awards

April 12, 2016

Associate Professor Bo Li and Assistant Professor Je Lee, are among 25 teams that have won Human Frontier Science Program Research Program Grants

Introducing the mighty Panoramix–defender of genomes!

October 15, 2015

Scientists have identified a protein the Piwi system uses to guide a cell's gene-silencing machinery to the right spots in the genome.

CSHL Fellow wins 2015 NIH Early Independence Award for cancer research

October 6, 2015

CSHL Lab Fellow Jason Sheltzer won the 2015 Early Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health High Risk, High Reward Research Program

Scientists sequence genome of worm that can regrow body parts, seek stem cell insights

September 21, 2015

Worm’s genome could lead to better understanding of its regenerative prowess and advance stem cell biology.

Mathematical ‘Gingko trees’ reveal mutations in single cells that characterize diseases

September 4, 2015

Online app could help clinicians choose the best treatments by comparing genetic fingerprints of individual cells.

12th annual LI2DAY Walk raises over $400,000

September 1, 2015

The $19,000 donation received by CSHL will support breast cancer research in the laboratory of Professor Alea Mills.

The biggest beast in the Big Data forest? One field’s astonishing growth is, well, ‘genomical’!

July 6, 2015

Scientists work to figure out how to capture, store, process and interpret all that genome-encoded biological information.

Scientists show the mammary gland ‘remembers’ prior pregnancy, spurring milk production

May 7, 2015

Anecdotal reports of nursing mothers have long suggested that giving milk is a lot easier in second and subsequent pregnancies.

Tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer spread to other sites

April 8, 2015

“Vascular mimicry” observed in mice could be helping tumors evade anti-angiogenesis drugs

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory engages Hairpin Technologies Inc. to license its short hairpin RNA (shRNA) technology

March 31, 2015

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory engaged Hairpin Technologies Inc. to expand the commercial distribution and research use of short hairpin RNA.

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