COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (WCBS 880) — A new cancer research center was opened on Long Island on Wednesday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled the $25 million cancer research center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory saying it is “at the forefront of this critical work, turning innovative research into new products and treatments.”
He says he hopes the new Center for Therapeutics Research on Long Island will open opportunities for hundreds of people.
‘We believe that is an economic cluster that is going to grow and that is going to create jobs. I believe Long Island is going to be the new research triangle,” Cuomo said.
The new center will research breast cancer, autism, leukemia and obesity, according to lab CEO Dr. Bruce Stillman.
“The revamped building will host innovative approach to study how cancer impacts whole body physiology. Particularly, how the increasing obesity epidemic, and particularly in children, is contributing to the increasing incidents of certain cancers,” Stillman said.
At the ribbon cutting, Cuomo told the audience: “I believe this work will actually save lives.”