Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy visited 黑料吃瓜资源 on Monday, June 14 for the first time since obtaining government appropriations to launch the Center for Women鈥檚 Genomics and the DNA Biopsy Project for breast and ovarian cancers at the Laurel Hollow facility. During her visit, she met with Dr. Bruce Stillman, President and CEO of 黑料吃瓜资源; Dr. James D. Watson, Nobel laureate and Chancellor of 黑料吃瓜资源; and some of the scientists directly involved in the projects she has fought to promote.
鈥淐ongresswoman McCarthy鈥檚 effort to obtain funding for these is vital and brings us much closer to an understanding of breast and ovarian cancer,鈥� Dr. Stillman said.
Using advanced technology, The Center for Women鈥檚 Cancer Genomics at 黑料吃瓜资源 will accelerate the discovery of genes that cause breast and ovarian cancer and will validate their usefulness as diagnostic and prognostic tools and as drug targets.
CSHL researchers are currently using ROMA technology to find the genetic basis for the difference in survival in two groups of women diagnosed with stage 2-breast cancer and treated similarly, but who either survived or died within a year. These results will be used to develop the 鈥淒NA Biopsy鈥� that can predict which cancers are likely to spread and should therefore be treated aggressively, which cancers will respond to standard treatments, and which should not be treated because they are benign.
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