CSHL faculty Endeavor Awards: Cancer changes the whole body 1/6/2021 Tobias Janowitz and Semir Beyaz won the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s first Endeavor Award for studying cancer as a whole body phenomenon. Read the story »
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Science is hope 12/21/2020 The Laboratory is a leading research center for genetics, cancer, plant biology, quantitative biology, and neuroscience. Watch the video »
Giving the immune system a double boost against cancer 10/30/2020 Immunotherapy enhances the body’s own defenses to kill cancer. A new regimen may increase the utility of these types of drugs. Read the story »
Masthead Cove Yacht Club raises $5,000 for cancer research 10/19/2020 The Masthead Cove Yacht Club raised $5,000 to support cancer research at CSHL from their annual race. 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 »
Live @ the Lab with David Tuveson: Studying pancreatic cancer 7/29/2020 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center Director Dave Tuveson presents an exciting new model for studying pancreatic cancer. Watch the video »
Cancer researchers discuss COVID-19’s effect on the field 7/27/2020 Dr. David Tuveson and Dr. Tobias Janowitz discuss in Cancer Discovery how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed cancer research. Read the story »
The first mouse model of human pancreas cancer subtypes 7/23/2020 CSHL researchers discovered how slow-growing pancreatic tumors can switch into a more deadly sub-type. 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 »
Applying symptom tracking to COVID-19 outpatient care using famotidine 6/4/2020 Researchers from CSHL and Northwell Health are developing a way to test promising COVID-19 drugs, like famotidine, by tracking outpatient symptoms. Read the story »
Pregnancy reprograms breast cells, reducing cancer risk 5/27/2020 CSHL researchers discovered that pregnancy reprograms breast cells, reducing the risk of breast cancer in women under 25. 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 »
Tuveson and Wigler elected AACR Academy Fellows 5/12/2020 CSHL Cancer Center Director David Tuveson and Professor Michael Wigler were chosen as 2020 Fellows of the AACR Academy. Read the story »
What do these scientist moms do? Ask their kids. 5/8/2020 We asked the children of three scientists to describe their mother’s work. See what they had to say. Read the story »