CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: cancer genetics

Pancakes may never taste this good again

5/15/2025

Graduate student Lucía Téllez Pérez reflects on her experience attending the recent CSHL meeting Cancer Genetics: History & Consequences. Read the story »

Lessons of the past, leaders of tomorrow

4/21/2025

From March 26–29, CSHL’s Center for Humanities and History of Modern Biology hosted Cancer Genetics: History & Consequences. Read the story »

Cancer Genetics: History & Consequences

4/17/2025

Hear from some of the field’s leading voices, including Mary-Claire King, Brian Druker, Stephen Elledge, and Nobel Prize winner Carol Greider. Watch the video »

At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Cancer

10/8/2024

As the first season of our new podcast winds down, we’re revisiting all of our episodes with a focus on CSHL’s cutting-edge cancer research. Listen to the podcast »

At the Lab Episode 16: Bats!

7/23/2024

Shriek if you must. Their remarkable genome might provide new insights into natural links between the immune system, aging, and cancer resistance. Listen to the podcast »

Pancreatic cancer’s cellular amnesia

6/17/2024

New study from CSHL Professor Christopher Vakoc and former postdoc Diogo Maia-Silva shows how basal-like cancer cells lose their original identity. Read the story »

Pancreatic cancer hijacks a brain-building protein

2/14/2024

CSHL researchers have found that EN-1, a protein involved in neurodevelopment, can help pancreatic cancer spread throughout the body. Read the story »

Test your breast cancer awareness

Awareness is key to prevention and potential future treatments. Take this quiz to find out about the latest in breast cancer research at CSHL. Take the quiz »

Holy immunity! Bat genes key against COVID, cancer

10/16/2023

Rapid evolution has streamlined bats’ immune systems. This may explain why they’re resistant to cancer and viruses like Ebola or COVID-19. Read the story »

Metastatic breast cancer’s Trojan horse

7/26/2023

CSHL and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers uncover how metastatic breast cancer slips past the immune system’s defenses in mice. Read the story »

Unlocking cancer’s ancestry

12/27/2022

New software may help reveal the complete connections between ancestry and cancer, which could lead to better, more personalized treatments. Read the story »

Breaking the chain that culminates in cancer

12/1/2021

CSHL scientists have discovered a way to shut down a cancer-causing protein by inhibiting a cascade of proteins that activate it. Read the story »

When cancer cells “put all their eggs in one basket”

5/27/2021

CSHL researchers uncover a weakness in acute myeloid leukemia cells that can be targeted by cancer drugs. Read the story »

One experiment: Organoids as living laboratories

10/30/2020

These tiny balls of cells are revolutionizing the research and treatment of pancreas and other types of cancers. Read the story »

How two CSHL programs adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic

7/16/2020

Mikala Egeblad and David Micklos presented their work at the “Life Science Across the Globe” seminar series. Read the story »