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Let’s get on pancreatic cancer’s nerves

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:54:57 +0000

Pancreatic cancer has a lot of nerve. Notoriously tricky to detect, the disease also often resists traditional therapy. So, researchers are urgently looking for new ways to disrupt tumor formation. Though scientists know that the nervous system can help cancer spread, its role in the disease’s earliest stages remains unclear. “One phenomenon that is known...

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NCI grants support ‘natural’ cancer research

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:30:42 +0000

Complex chemical and biological processes are fundamental for all life on Earth and all the organs inside us. When something goes wrong with these processes, diseases like cancer can arise. At the ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Cancer Center, Professor John Moses and colleagues use click chemistry, a fast and reliable technique for linking molecules,...

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At the Lab: Catch me if you cancer

Communications Department — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:30:16 +0000

Earlier this year, one ��ϳԹ��Դ discovery ended up on FOX TV and the cover of Newsday. Now, hear more about the knowledge gaps that make this discovery so crucial and the noble goals that fuel this work in the first place.

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In pancreatic cancer, a race against time

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:05:05 +0000

Cancer Research and conducted with generous support from the Lustgarten Foundation, shows that inhibiting the FGFR2 and EGFR proteins in pancreatic cells can delay or even prevent tumor formation." data-description="" />AI generated voice with David Tuveson’s actual voice Pancreatic cancer is projected to become the second-deadliest cancer by 2030. By the time it’s diagnosed, it’s often difficult to treat. So, for both individual patients and the general population, fighting pancreatic cancer can feel like a race against time. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor and...

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Making headlines

Communications Department — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:30:56 +0000

Several faculty members received mainstream media attention in 2024. Professor and Director of Education Zachary Lippman was featured in The New York Times and on CNN for his team’s discovery of the gene behind plant prickles. Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas was featured in WIRED and on the BBC for her work demonstrating that CAR...

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Catching Cancer When It’s Curable

Communications Department — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:30:57 +0000

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Tuveson elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Nick Wurm — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:00:11 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor and Cancer Center Director David Tuveson has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is one of 250 new members elected to the venerable institution in 2024. Tuveson is a pioneer in cancer research. His groundbreaking work with cancer organoids—miniature versions of tumors—led to the...

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Nobel laureate honored at CSHL chemistry symposium

Luis Sandoval — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:30:48 +0000

Pharmaceutical companies need to make drugs quickly. They need to produce chemical compounds in large amounts. And they need these compounds to have as few harmful side effects as possible. But in reality, many chemical reactions are imperfect and inefficient. Click chemistry is a revolutionary process that allows scientists to cleanly and quickly uncover more...

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One Experiment: Pancreatic mucus

Nick Wurm — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:30:58 +0000

Is this a scene straight out of the latest Star Trek? No, think much more down-to-earth. What we’re seeing here isn’t the Starship Enterprise on fire in the void. It’s a cross-section of precancerous lesions in the pancreas. These mutated cells have a higher risk of turning into cancer than their healthy counterparts. The image...

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Pancreatic cancer lives on mucus

Luis Sandoval — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:30:22 +0000

Knowing exactly what’s inside a tumor can maximize our ability to fight cancer. But that knowledge doesn’t come easy. Tumors are clusters of constantly changing cancer cells. Some become common cancer variants. Others morph into deadlier, drug-resistant varieties. No one truly understands what governs this chaotic behavior. Now, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor David...

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Pancreatic cancer hijacks a brain-building protein

Nick Wurm — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:30:53 +0000

Scientists at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) and the University of California, Davis have reached a new breakthrough in pancreatic cancer research—eight years in the making. It could help slow the disease’s deadly spread. In 2017, as a postdoc in CSHL’s Tuveson lab, Chang-il Hwang and collaborators from the Vakoc lab uncovered a protein essential...

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CSHL announces AACR Cancer Centers Alliance

Nick Wurm — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:30:32 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor and Cancer Center Director David Tuveson has announced the launch of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Cancer Centers Alliance. The new initiative will foster collaboration and innovation to advance lifesaving scientific discoveries. With Tuveson as the founding chair of the AACR group’s steering committee, CSHL’s Cancer Center...

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This killer protein causes pancreatic cancer

Nick Wurm — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:00:26 +0000

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common form of pancreatic cancer. It’s also one of the deadliest. More than 90% of PDAC patients die within five years of diagnosis. Usually, by the time the cancer is identified, it has already spread. “PDAC is often found too late for treatments like chemotherapy and surgery to...

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CSHL professors on the cutting edge of scientific research

Nick Wurm — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:30:48 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) scientists produced some of 2022’s most popular research. CSHL Professors W. Richard McCombie, David Tuveson, and Christopher Vakoc, and Adjunct Professor Z. Josh Huang rank among the top 1% of the world’s most cited researchers, according to global analytics firm Clarivate. Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers List recognizes researchers with broad...

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David Tuveson wins 2022 Luminary Award

Nick Wurm — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:00:33 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor and Cancer Center Director David Tuveson has earned a 2022 Luminary Award for his groundbreaking pancreatic cancer research and leadership of the CSHL Cancer Center. Tuveson is one of five recipients of the award, presented by The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers on November 17, 2022,...

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Targeting cancer’s Achilles heel

Communications Department — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:30:01 +0000

« Previous Story Next Story » Matthew Weiss dreams of the day when his oncology practice will operate very differently. A surgeon at the Northwell Health System in New York who treats pancreatic cancer—one of the deadliest malignancies known—he doesn’t have a lot of choices when it comes to saving his patients. Some people with...

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David Tuveson elected to National Academy of Medicine

Nick Wurm — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:00:19 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor and Cancer Center Director David Tuveson was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) on October 17, 2022. He was recognized for his leadership in pancreatic cancer research. Tuveson’s pioneering work with cancer organoids—miniature versions of tumors—led to the development of the first mouse models for two types...

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How organoids can guide pancreatic cancer therapy

Jennifer Michalowski — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:30:34 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) is at the forefront of using organoid technology to study and treat cancer. Organoids are tiny 3D clusters of cells that are miniature versions of patients’ tumors. Now, CSHL Cancer Center Director David Tuveson and Matthew Weiss, a physician at Northwell Health, have found that pancreatic tumor organoids may help...

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Lab meets clinic: Building on foundational research

Communications Department — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:30:41 +0000

170 years ago, the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Company built a seawall along the shore of the inner harbor to ensure long-term economic and environmental viability. That basic infrastructure underpinned ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL) global success. Since 1890, biology and genetics research and education have thrived on these shores. A hopeful future depends on...

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CSHL receives 2021 NCI grant of $4.5 million

Jasmine Lee — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:00:53 +0000

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) renewed its grant to the ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Cancer Center on September 15, 2021 with an award of $4.5 million. Currently led by CSHL Professor David Tuveson, the Cancer Center is committed to exploring the fundamental biology of human cancer. CSHL first received funding and formal National Cancer...

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