Cancer
The Jackson Laboratory is leading the search for ways to prevent or eliminate cancer, not just treat it. Supported by the recent renewal of its status as a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center, a distinction held since 1983, the Laboratory is discovering how cancer works and how it can be stopped.
Understanding the fundamental mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression is key to preventing and curing cancer. The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center has 58 members working on a single research program, Modeling Cancer: Stem Cells to Therapy. Working with the best experimental system for examining cancer, the mouse, researchers are unraveling the collision of individual genetics, environment and behavior that leads to cancer.
