Foundation News

• June 20, 2023

  Is a Revolution in Cancer Treatment Within Reach?

  In June 2022, researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the department of pathology at Yale University School of Medicine unveiled the results of a rectal cancer study that used immunotherapy and put every participating patient into full remission, a staggering outcome.

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• June 15, 2023

  In Key Study, Servier Drug Delays Brain Cancer in Patients With Few Treatment Options

  A Servier drug candidate acquired as part of a $1.8 billion deal kept a particular type of brain cancer from progressing in a Phase 3 clinical trial. The study results were presented during the 2023 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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• May 11, 2023

  Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial

  Using mRNA tailored to each patient’s tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it.

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• May 2, 2023

  Researchers Identify Possible New Risk for Breast Cancer

  Scientists have long known that dense breast tissue is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer in women. A new study finds that while breast density declines with age, a slower rate of decline in one breast often precedes a cancer diagnosis in that breast.

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• March 21, 2023

  Can a Neuroscientist Fight Cancer With Mere Thought?

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• March 16, 2023

  How ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are All Around Us, From Winter Coats to Fast-Food Wrappers

  The EPA is proposing limits in drinking water on some PFAS, which are found in the blood of nearly everyone in the U.S.

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• March 16, 2023

  EPA Proposes Limits for ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

  Concern is growing over PFAS, which have contaminated water in hundreds of communities.

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• March 8, 2023

  Watch Dr. Larry Norton (MSKCC) on CNN interview discussing how A.I. detected woman’s breast cancer 4 years before it developed

  CNN's Poppy Harlow speaks with Dr. Larry Norton, the medical director of the Lauder Breast Center at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, about the use of artificial intelligence in breast cancer detection.

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• September 1, 2022

  Sloan Kettering Institute Scientist, Scott Lowe, Chairman of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, Helps Solve 30-Year-Old Mystery About p53 Protein — Dubbed ‘Guardian of the Genome’

  Cancer biologist Scott Lowe says the p53 discovery came as a complete surprise and suggests a new way to think about treating cancer. More than half of all cancers have mutations in a gene called p53. The protein made from this gene is what’s called a tumor suppressor: When working properly, it guards against cancer development — in part, by detecting damaged DNA and alerting cells to repair it. Cells without working p53 are unable to properly repair damaged DNA, leading to a buildup of mutations, including large chromosomal alterations. Because of its important role in maintaining DNA integrity, scientists long ago dubbed p53 the “guardian of the genome.”

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• October 6, 2021

  Fashion Unites in Tribute to Alber Elbaz

  Dozens of designers put on a show to honor and celebrate the man and his work.

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• September 8, 2021

  2021 CFDA DESIGN SCHOLAR AWARDS Celebrating 25 Years of Growing Exemplary Talent

  In 2021, the Council of Fashion Designers of America will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the CFDA Scholarship Program. Commemorating its commitment to education, $250,000 will be awarded through the 2021 CFDA Design Scholar Awards, Suntchi Image Maker Award, Liz Claiborne Design for Impactful Futures Award, and the Geoffrey Beene Designer Masters Scholar Award.

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• September 2, 2021

  CFDA ANNOUNCES THE 2021 CFDA SCHOLAR AWARD RECIPIENTS

  NEW YORK, September 2nd, 2021 – Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the CFDA Scholarship Program, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is proud to announce the recipients of 2021 CFDA Scholar Awards.

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• June 3, 2021

  A Promising New therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer

  Prostate cancer treatment stands on the brink of a major advance with the development of a new treatment that zeros in on cancer cells to destroy them.

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• March 12, 2021

  The Colorectal Cancer Symptoms You Need to Know, Even If You’re Young Colon and rectal cancer rates are spiking in Millennials and Generation X

  Colon and rectal cancer rates have declined in older adults in recent years, but researchers have uncovered an alarming trend: Diagnoses in Millennials and Generation X are actually on the rise, according to a 2017 research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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• January 13, 2021

  Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Promise in Small Trial

  Participants with the disease still declined, but much more slowly than those receiving a placebo, investigators say. In a small clinical trial, an experimental Alzheimer’s drug slowed the rate at which patients lost the ability to think and care for themselves, the drug maker Eli Lilly announced on Monday.

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• August 13, 2020

  The Treatment That Could Crush Covid

  Early trials show signaling cells eliminate the virus, calm the immune response and repair tissue damage

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• August 7, 2020

  Francis Collins Relies on Science and Faith

  Amid the coronavirus pandemic,the head of the National Institutes of Health finds hope in his
  evangelical beliefs and the altruism of medicalresearchers

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• July 29, 2020

  A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s? It’s Coming, Scientists Report

  A test that measures beta amyloid protein in the blood is more accurate than a brain scan and may indicate trouble years earlier.

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• July 22, 2020

  Cancer Screening Leaps Forward Innovation sneaks up on us: There’s a new DNA test that detects more illnesses, earlier

  So often the future shows up when you’re looking for something else. In 2013, DNA sequencing company Illumina bought Verinata Health and began offering noninvasive prenatal testing. Using a pregnant woman’s blood, a now-$500 DNA test can spot Down syndrome and other chromosomal conditions. Since then, the use of very invasive needleto-the-womb amniocentesis testing has dropped.

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• November 15, 2019

  Hindman Auctions: Property From the Geoffrey Beene Archive: Cloths that Care

  Geoffrey Beene (1924-2004) was one of the greatest American fashion designers of the 20th century and an iconic figure in the emergence of the American fashion industry after WWII.

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• November 15, 2019

  CFDA: Archival Geoffrey Beene Designs Go On Auction To Aid Cancer Research

  Geoffrey Beene was one of America’s fashion greats who will be remembered for pioneering a newfound freedom for women breaking through career barriers – with a wardrobe that required unrestricted movement and speed.

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• November 15, 2019

  Art Daliy: Hindman announces Geoffrey Beene Archive Auction

  CHICAGO, IL.- Hindman today unveiled details for the upcoming auction, Property From The Geoffrey Beene Archive: Clothes That Care©, featuring significant designs from iconic fashion designer Geoffrey Beene’s personal collection that have been carefully preserved for the past 15 years.

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• July 22, 2019

  Every Cancer Patient Is One in a Billion

  The disease’s endless variety is reminiscent of Tolstoy’s observation about unhappy families.

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• May 2, 2019

  Bob Mackie Receives Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award

  Think Bob Mackie, and chances are you will remember that amazing moment Cher stepped on the 1986 Oscars red carpet in a naked-yet-dressed look replete with a raven-black feather headpiece for the ages (and ageless).

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• May 2, 2019

  Bob Mackie Will Receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award From the CFDA

  With the announcement that Bob Mackie will receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement honor this year, the bar for this CFDA Award has just been raised.

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• January 28, 2019

  Study Offers Hint of Hope for Saving Office Dementia in Some People

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• January 24, 2019

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• December 18, 2018

  Is Aerobic Exercise the Key to Successful Aging?

  Aerobic activities like jogging and interval training can make our cells biologically younger; weight training did not have the same effect.

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• December 17, 2018

  The Brain Fog of Menopause

  ‘Menopause-related cognitive impairment happens to women in their 40s and 50s, women in the prime of life who suddenly have the rug pulled out from under them,’ an expert says.

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• December 14, 2018

  Is Eating Deli Meats Really That Bad for You?

  Even small amounts of processed meat increase the risk of colorectal cancer.

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• April 6, 2018

  Research!America Honors Fogarty’s Glass

  FIC director Dr. Roger Glass received the 2018 Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award for his research and advocacy efforts in global health during Research!America’s annual honors dinner on Mar. 14.

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• March 23, 2018

  Research!America honors Fogarty Director Roger Glass

  Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass was presented the 2018 Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award for his research and advocacy efforts in global health during Research!America's annual honors dinner on March 14.

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• October 23, 2017

  Kellan Lutz: Man on a mission as brand ambassador for Geoffrey Beene

  “Twilight” actor Kellan Lutz is being featured in “A Man on a Mission” print, outdoor and online campaign, because he wants to raise awareness of Geoffrey Beene’s corporate structure that donates 100 percent of the company’s net profits to cancer research at the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

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• May 10, 2017

  Geoffrey Beene Unveils TV Ads to Promote Cancer Research Message

  Geoffrey Beene is getting more serious about publicizing its mission to find cancer research.

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• May 10, 2017

  2017 GEOFFREY BEENE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ANNOUCEMENT

  Rick Owens is a fashion designer living and working out of Paris. Originally from Southern California, his is an aesthetic shaped by black and white Hollywood movies and the rawness of a decayed end of Hollywood boulevard where he started his label in the early nineties after dropping out of art school.

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• March 22, 2017

  National Cancer Institute – Cancer Statistics – Did You Know?

  Cancer has a major impact on society in the United States and across the world. Cancer statistics describe what happens in large groups of people and provide a picture in time of the burden of cancer on society. Statistics tell us things such as how many people are diagnosed with and die from cancer each year, the number of people who are currently living after a cancer diagnosis, the average age at diagnosis, and the numbers of people who are still alive at a given time after diagnosis.

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• August 5, 2015

  Geoffrey Beene Gives Back: Philanthropic Brand Debuts Fall Campaign With SNL Star Colin Jost

  When you think of Geoffrey Beene, designer dress shirts and neckties probably come to mind. But there's so much more to the brand than menswear clothing and accessories — a point the Geoffrey Beene team is trying to make with its fall/winter 2015 advertising campaign.

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• July 31, 2015

  Beene Counters Cancer with Philanthropic Initiative

  Lookin' good Colin Jost! The Saturday Night Live writer/performer was revealed yesterday as the new spokesmodel for the fall Geoffrey Beene menswear line to a few select members of the press at a power luncheon chez Michael's.

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• July 14, 2015

  Geoffrey Beene’s Cancer Research Project

  The late Geoffrey Beene might conjure up multiple images: his modern, minimalist and original designs, a successful men’s wear business, a fierce, stubborn independence — and a decades long feud with this publication’s late, legendary publis...

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• July 14, 2014

  Colin’s Column: Geoffrey Beene, Cultured Visionary

  Ten years after the American designer’s death, Colin McDowell reflects on the wisdom and enduring influence of the extraordinary Geoffrey Beene.

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• September 30, 2010

  Blogger Spotlight: Beene-iana

  A great thing about the crowded blogosphere is discovering all of the different types of people sharing their talents/hobbies/collections with the rest of the world. (It can also be a bad thing, but that’s another story.) While researching toda...

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• July 28, 2010

  Eating Well and Cancer Care – Memorial Sloan-Kettering (VIDEO)

  Research has shown that a healthy, Mediterranean-style diet is beneficial before, during, and after a diagnosis of cancer and treatment for the disease. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center integrative medicine expert Dr. Kathleen Wesa outlines an ideal diet and explains its advantages.

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• November 13, 2009

  Beene Streak

  Women’s Wear Daily: When Geoffrey Beene died in 2004, longtime client Patsy Tarr honored him by publishing a book. Now, four years after the book’s release, Tarr has opened her closets again, this time for an exhibition at the Phoenix Art...

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• December 1, 2008

  Force of Fashion

  V Magazine: A new book checks out the looks and legacy of the rule-breaking American designer Geoffrey Beene. ...

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• November 19, 2008

  Radical Chic

  San Francisco Chronicle: The late Geoffrey Beene, one of fashion’s most innovative and original designers, may have dressed the ladies who lunch and held his runway shows at the swanky Hotel Pierre in New York City, but he was a real rebel who ...

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• October 21, 2008

  vanityfair.com

  James Wolcott’s Blog: An Excerpt from James Wolcott’s Blog on Kim Hastreiter’s new book Geoffrey Beene. ...

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• October 16, 2008

  Being Beene

  FashionWeek Daily: Diane von Furstenberg and the CFDA toast Kim Hastreiter’s Geoffrey Beene tome ...

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• October 4, 2008

  Men’s Designer Fashion & Style: Geoffrey Beene

  Suite101.com: Geoffrey Beene is one of the finest and most affordable lines of menswear you might ever consider.

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• October 1, 2008

  Geoffrey Beene: In the News

  InStyle, Vogue: InStyle and Vogue on Kim Hastreiter’s Geoffrey Beene: An American Fashion Rebel. ...

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• September 16, 2008

  New Book Delves Into Beene’s Rebel Yell

  Women’s Wear Daily When the CFDA came calling with a book deal about Geoffrey Beene, Kim Hastreiter went straight to it. ...

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• April 1, 2008

  GQ Editorial

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• March 4, 2008

  CENTURY 21 System Teams up with Fashion Futurist Geoffrey Beene to Reintroduce Signature Gold Jacket

  Findarticles.com: Century 21 Real Estate LLC today announced its partnership with the legendary fashion house Geoffrey Beene, Inc. to reintroduce its signature Gold Jacket.

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• June 4, 2007

  The Neck’s Big Thing

  DNR: Randa, which produces ties for Trafalgar, Izod and Geoffrey Beene, barely offered any printed ties in its lineup for the past few years, but that’s going to change. ...

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• June 1, 2007

  Seasonal Advice

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