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Immune response to cancer may cause brain disease

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:01 +0000

Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, many of which are mutated. If cancer arises from cellular mutation, why don’t we all have the disease all the time? Second: Severe autoimmune conditions like lupus and multiple sclerosis often strike without warning. No one knows...

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Double Helix Medalists Martina Navratilova & Chris Evert

Communications Department — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:30:20 +0000

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Life as an early career scientist

Caroline Cosgrove — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:00:10 +0000

Behind every scientific discovery are researchers asking bold questions and navigating the unknown. In this episode, we explore the realities of life as an early career scientist through a conversation with Reese Bammert, a postdoctoral fellow, and Emma Courtney, a graduate student, both at ��ϳԹ��Դ. Together, they discuss what fuels curiosity, how...

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Day & night: Cancer disrupts the brain’s natural rhythm

Nick Wurm — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:00:32 +0000

“The brain is an exquisite sensor of what’s going on in your body,” says ��ϳԹ��Դ Assistant Professor Jeremy Borniger. “But it requires balance. Neurons need to be active or inactive at the right times. If that rhythm goes out of sync even a little bit, it can change the function of the...

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Breast cancer case study could inform clinical trials

Jen A. Miller — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:30:14 +0000

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Special edition: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Communications Department — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:30:49 +0000

Today, the five-year survival rate for early-stage breast cancer is about 99%. Awareness drives detection. But what about those breast cancers that aren’t caught early? What about those that evade common therapies? For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we sat down with CSHL Professor David Spector to discuss some of his lab’s latest research and the...

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Breast cancer discovery could help prevent recurrence

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:30:07 +0000

Know someone who’s been diagnosed with breast cancer? There’s a good chance that person has received hormone therapy. Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers account for about 75 percent of cases. Hormone therapy is one of the most common and effective treatments. However, it’s far from a cure. Some ER+ tumors develop resistance. Many patients enter...

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Why does cancer keep growing?

Jen A. Miller — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:30:24 +0000

Why do cancer cells keep dividing over and over? The answer can be found in fundamental biology breakthroughs of the late 20th century. In 1982, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) geneticist Michael Wigler helped identify the first known human oncogenes. When mutated, these genes produce an excess of proteins that cause uncontrolled cell growth. Soon...

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The magnetic math of breast health

Margaret Osborne — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:30:32 +0000

Branching isn’t just for trees. This biological process occurs in animal development, enabling organs to perform complex functions. Branch-like structures form in lungs, kidneys, and breasts, among other places. Importantly, only in female mammary glands does most branching occur years after birth. It happens during puberty and again during pregnancy as milk ducts branch out...

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Inspiring breast cancer breakthroughs

Communications Department — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:30:23 +0000

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the United States, second only to skin cancer. Thanks to decades of fundamental research, it’s also one of the most curable. However, challenges remain, especially when confronting aggressive varieties like triple-negative breast cancer. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) has a rich history of...

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A new “link” to triple-negative breast cancer

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:00:38 +0000

LINC01235 is seen in red." data-description="" />Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the United States. Thanks to decades of fundamental research, it’s also one of the most curable. The exception is a particularly aggressive variant known as triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). It accounts for 10 to 15 percent of all breast cancer cases. It disproportionately...

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Pancakes may never taste this good again

Communications Department — Thu, 15 May 2025 11:30:25 +0000

round seven years ago, I was a super eager undergraduate student studying biochemistry and starting my very first research internship at the Spanish Center for Biotechnology. I did not know much about how cancer worked, how it arises, or what makes it grow. All I knew was that I wanted to make an impact. I...

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At the Lab: UTIs in women’s health

Communications Department — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:30:13 +0000

“It started with an accident observation,” says CSHL Associate Professor Camila dos Santos. That observation? A group of lab mice with urinary tract infections also had breast abnormalities. What might this mean for women’s health? And how does such an accident even happen to begin with? Tune in and find out.

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Aboff’s Paints donates $50K to CSHL breast cancer research

Caroline Cosgrove — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:00:11 +0000

Long Island, N.Y., has one of the highest breast cancer rates in the United States. Scientists at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL), a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center on Long Island’s North Shore, are dedicated to research aimed at developing new diagnostics and therapies for breast cancer. But these breakthroughs are only possible with strong...

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From trading faxes to changing lives

Jen A. Miller — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:00:40 +0000

Sometimes, scientific breakthroughs happen by accident. Penicillin was discovered when a British scientist left a petri dish uncovered while he was away on vacation. Other times, serendipity plays a role. Case in point: two chance meetings at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) led to the development of a drug that has vastly improved patient outcomes for...

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Jorge Family Foundation donates $1 million to CSHL

Communications Department — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:30:56 +0000

Evelyn and Arlindo Jorge believed in philanthropy. The couple wanted to instill in their young family a commitment to giving back. So, every year around the holidays, they asked each of their grandchildren to submit a “proposal” to support something important to them. As a young girl, Stephanie Gibbons suggested her grandparents fund graphing calculators...

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Women’s lives, breast health, and cancer

Communications Department — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:30:50 +0000

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Empowering Insights: The science behind health

Communications Department — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:30:22 +0000

The opportunity to turn curiosity into discoveries that impact the human condition is at the core of ��ϳԹ��Դ’s mission. Our scientists are empowered to ask big questions and search for solutions to biology’s most challenging problems. Doing that requires interdisciplinary study, and the Laboratory’s brain-body physiology program encourages our scientists to confront...

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Flipping cancer’s off switch

Communications Department — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:30:54 +0000

If there’s one thing cancer knows, it’s growth. Over the last two decades, scientists have observed that many cancers progress by activating a set of proteins called YAP and TAZ, which control cell growth and organ size. When left uncontrolled, YAP/TAZ can lead to tumor formation. So, if you’re looking for new drug targets, why...

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Cancer

Communications Department — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:30:26 +0000

Miss an episode or two from the first season of our new podcast? Over the next few weeks, we’ll revisit each in a series we call ‘Research Rewind.’ This week At the Lab, you’ll hear all about our cutting-edge cancer research from CSHL scientists Semir Beyaz, Mikala Egeblad, Alea Mills, John Moses, and Christopher Vakoc....

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