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Pancreas and colon tumors reprogram the liver, causing wasting and short-circuiting body’s immune response

11/8/2016

Research reveals a mechanism that causes wasting in cancer and tests a way to reverse it. Read the story »

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