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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: gene regulation and inheritance

Focus on quiescent cells brings to light the essential role of RNA interference in transcription control

11/9/2016

RNAi and other epigenetic processes induce changes in where and when specific genes are expressed without altering their genetic code. Read the story »

Non-coding portions of genome are found to play role in cancer

9/27/2016

CSHL scientists test an antisense method of targeting long noncoding RNAs overexpressed in breast cancers. Read the story »

Why calling childhood cancers “rare” is missing the point

9/19/2016

Associate Professor Christopher Vakoc on why calling pediatric cancers "rare" actually hurts their chances of being studied. Read the story »

To divide or not: A cellular feedback loop that enables new cells to make a fateful decision

7/21/2016

Team explains a key mechanism to prevent aberrant cell proliferation Read the story »

Academic-industry collaboration generates elegant way of pinpointing how a new drug exerts beneficial effects

7/5/2016

Researchers identify a new drug target in leukemia and creation of a candidate drug that hits the target. Read the story »

One experiment: How the breast “remembers” a first pregnancy

7/2/2016

Professor Greg Hannon and his team, including Assistant Professor Camila dos Santos, learn more about breast cells and tissue. Read the story »

Unusual drug target and drug generate exciting preclinical results in mouse models of metastatic breast cancer

12/22/2015

Researchers publish preclinical data suggesting the promise of a novel drug directed against a novel target n malignant mammary tumors. Read the story »

New method prevents cells from prematurely halting protein production in certain genetic illnesses

12/14/2015

Research team succeeds in paradoxically inhibiting a process cells have evolved to prevent imperfect proteins from being synthesized Read the story »

Unassuming “Swiss Army knife”-like protein proves lynchpin in a new cancer drug’s therapeutic action

11/30/2015

Researchers report a surprising mechanism through which an important new candidate drug against leukemia exerts its therapeutic effect. Read the story »

Breast cancer survivors show Camila dos Santos what’s important about her research

11/17/2015

Camila dos Santos talks about what she has learned by talking with breast cancer survivors. Read the story »

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) research bolstered by $50,000 gift from Friends of TJ

10/20/2015

The Friends of TJ Foundation presented a check for $50,000 to CSHL Associate Professor Chris Vakoc 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 »

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 »

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