Far from her native Copenhagen, Denmark, Mikala Egeblad, PhD, works tirelessly to find a means to reduce cancer metastases and recurrences. The significance of her work, now centered in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island, N.Y., where she is an Associate Professor, has resulted in the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research … Continued
Few cancer treatments are generating more excitement these days than immunotherapy—drugs based on the principle that the immune system can be harnessed to detect and kill cancer cells, much in the same way that it goes after infectious microorganisms. Yet these treatments only benefit some patients, and remain ineffective in the vast majority of cases. … Continued
PUBLIC RELEASE: 8-JAN-2018 Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Cancer researchers today announced they have developed a way of sidelining one of the most dangerous “bad actors” in leukemia. Their approach depends on throwing a molecular wrench into the gears of an important machine that sets genes into motion, enabling cancer cells to proliferate. In tests in … Continued
October 9, 2017—BRONX, NY—Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have discovered the first compound that directly makes cancer cells commit suicide while sparing healthy cells. The new treatment approach, described in today’s issue of Cancer Cell, was directed against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells but may also have potential for attacking other types of cancers. “We’re hopeful … Continued
NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) today announced the opening of applications for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. The prize of $200,000 per year for up to three years is awarded annually to at least six New York City-based scientists, enabling them to … Continued
We can detect tumors earlier than ever before. Can we predict whether they’re going to be dangerous? We’ve tended to focus on the cancer, but its host tissue—“soil,” rather than “seed”—could help us predict the danger it poses. Over the summer of 2011, the water in Lake Michigan turned crystal clear. Shafts of angled light lit … Continued
After 18 months being incubated by Versant Ventures, upstart Repare Therapeutics has emerged from stealth mode with an impressive $68 million, backing from Celgene and some big-name execs. The Montreal and Cambridge, Massachusetts, biotech saw founding investor Versant Ventures co-lead the series A round with MPM Capital. They were also joined by other syndicate investors … Continued
SIX NEW YORK CITY SCIENTISTS WIN PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCH The Pershing Square Sohn Research Alliance Continues Investment in the Next Generation of Medical Research Talent to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Cancer Research NEW YORK, May 8, 2017 – The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance today announced the six … Continued
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have received two grants from the Sohn Conference Foundation to advance their investigation into how cancer spreads in children. Dr. David Lyden, the Stavros S. Niarchos Professor in Pediatric Cardiology and a professor of pediatrics, Dr. Haiying Zhang, an assistant professor of cell and … Continued