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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

David Tuveson named President-Elect of AACR

4/21/2020

CSHL Cancer Center Director David Tuveson has been elected President-Elect of the American Association for Cancer Research. Read the story »

New faculty Jeff Boyd studies breast cancer genomics

3/26/2020

Professor Jeff Boyd joins the CSHL faculty, studying the growth and spread of breast cancer. Read the story »