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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: cancer

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory launches $75 million Center for Therapeutics Research to develop new drugs

4/22/2016

CSHL announced the Center for Therapeutics Research project, applying biomedical expertise towards advancing therapeutics for genetic diseases. Read the story »

CSHL joins nation’s cancer centers in endorsement of HPV vaccination for cancer prevention

1/27/2016

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory joined 68 other top cancer centers in issuing a statement urging increased HPV vaccination for the prevention of cancer Read the story »

Partners Profile: High School Senior Tamanna Bhatia on becoming a scientist

1/26/2016

An interview with Partners for the Future participant Tamanna Bhatia and her work in Alea Mill's lab studying cancer cells. Read the story »

Research connects specific variations in RNA splicing with breast cancer causation

10/1/2015

Researchers have identified cellular changes that may play a role in converting normal breast cells into tumors. Read the story »

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

9/4/2015

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

Scientists discover how a promising anti-leukemia drug harms cancer cells

5/14/2015

Inhibiting a protein called BRD4 critical to the survival of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells has shown to be an effective therapeutic strategy. Read the story »

Using CRISPR, biologists find a way to comprehensively identify anti-cancer drug targets

5/11/2015

Researchers use CRISPR to find binding pockets inside cancer cells, that when blocked, prevent the cells from proliferating and cause them to die. Read the story »

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

5/7/2015

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

New signaling pathway discovered in HER2-positive breast cancer, and two potentially powerful drug targets

4/20/2015

Rsearchers discovered a new pathway, which contains at least two potentially powerful drug targets Read the story »

Study revises standard theory of how PTEN, a critical tumor suppressor, shuts off growth signals

4/9/2015

Scientists discover new evidence explaining precisely how the protein encoded by PTEN (called PTEN) works Read the story »

One experiment: Cellular highways carry anti-cancer cargoes

4/9/2015

The gene called PTEN is one of the most important of the body’s natural tumor suppressors. Read the story »

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

4/8/2015

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

3D culture system for pancreatic cancer has potential to change therapeutic approaches

1/15/2015

Organoid technology with human tissue provides a model for full progression of the disease Read the story »

A novel biomarker for mutant p53 could help pathologists assessing tumors during surgery

1/5/2015

New discovery may make it easy for cancer surgeons to determine if a patient has a potentially lethal mutation. Read the story »

New investigators join CSHL

11/14/2014

An interview with newly hired investigators Scott Lyons and Lingbo Zhang. Read the story »

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