CSHL (February 14, 2024) — Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (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 … Continued
New York, NY (CSHL) – On November 15, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) held its 18th annual Double Helix Medals dinner (DHMD) at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. CBS journalist Lesley Stahl returned to emcee the awards dinner, which honored Neri Oxman & William Ackman and 2018 Nobel laureate Jim Allison. … Continued
New York, NY – October 26, 2023 (Mount Sinai) –The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $4.6 million gift from The Pershing Square Foundation to support women’s health research and advance careers for female scientists. Part of an original nearly $21 million gift that expanded a COVID-19 testing program for New York City … Continued
THE PERSHING SQUARE SOHN CANCER RESEARCH ALLIANCE IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS 2024 PRIZE FOR RISING LEADERS IN CANCER RESEARCH NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 (The Pershing Square Foundation, Business Wire) — The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) today announced the opening of applications for the 2024 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for … Continued
SciTech Daily –New York, NY (July 31, 2023) — New recent research from Yale has discovered a method to control the self-destructive tendencies of certain killer T cells utilized in cancer therapy. CAR T-cell (chimeric antigen receptor) therapy, a promising form of immunotherapy, involves reprogramming the patient’s T cells to enhance their ability to identify … Continued
The Rockefeller University – When we’re driving to a new destination, we often turn down the stereo as we follow the directions. What had been music suddenly sounds like noise, and it interferes with our focus. Our understanding of how infectious diseases like COVID affect human lungs has been similarly confounded by noise. Data from … Continued
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai – Recent work with induced pluripotent stem cells has helped uncover complex mechanisms in myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia for the first time. This discovery could pave the way for improving current treatments, or even for finding new ones. A decade ago, somatic mutations—those that occur after … Continued
CT Insider — New Haven, CT (February 21, 2023) A new gene editing technique developed by scientists from Yale University offers a powerful new tool to interrogate how genes work across a swath of biological disciplines, from cancer research to immunology. According to a study published in Nature Biotechnology, the technique called “CLASH” allows potentially thousands … Continued
THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZE TO FUND BRAIN RESEARCH, FOCUSED ON COGNITIVE HEALTH EACH PRIZE WINNER TO RECEIVE $750,000 OVER THREE YEARS New York, NY, November 7, 2022 (Business Wire) – The Pershing Square Foundation today announced the launch of the MIND (“Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery”) … Continued