Our most common infection-fighting white blood cells can be hijacked to support cancer spread 10/19/2016 Neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell, can be taken over by cancer cells and used as an aid in metastasis. Read the story »
What’s the connection between antioxidants and cancer? 10/14/2016 David Tuveson discusses the relationship between antioxidants and cancer, and how the former doesn't necessarily prevent the latter. Read the story »
Novel drug therapy kills pancreatic cancer cells by reducing levels of antioxidants 7/28/2016 Researchers demonstrate that in the specific context of pancreatic cells leading to cancer, raisin antioxidant levels should not be raised. Read the story »
Discovery of new ovarian cancer signaling hub points to target for limiting metastasis 7/10/2016 A team of researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory discovers new insights into signaling events that underlie metastasis in ovarian cancer cells. Read the story »
How healthy cells might help cancer survive 2/4/2016 A story on Mikala Egeblad's breast cancer research and the importance of the tumor microenvironment. Read the story »
Masthead Cove Yacht Club raises over $7000 for CSHL cancer research at annual race 11/25/2015 Members of the Masthead Cove Yacht Club (MCYC) raised $7,124 from their annual Masthead Race. Read the story »
Joni Gladowsky Breast Cancer Foundation donates $80,000 to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 7/24/2015 These proceeds will support breast cancer research in the laboratory of CSHL Professor Nicholas Tonks. Read the story »
An immune system marker for therapy-resistant prostate cancer 6/4/2015 Research shows how signaling by an immune system component appears to play an important role in driving particularly aggressive prostate cancer Read the story »
Tumor surroundings are shown to affect progression of different cancer subtypes 5/27/2015 Researchers discover that cancer progress differently based on characteristics of the tumor microenvironment. 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 »
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 »