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2023 May 17

What You Need to Know About Blood Cancers

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are cancers of the blood and bone marrow. They start when something goes awry with hematopoietic stem cells—immature cells that can develop into any type of blood cell. Myeloid cells, also... Read more

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2023 May 11

Weill Cornell Medicine Receives Grant from NIH’s Common Fund Program

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of a new $140 million Common Fund program to study somatic mosaicism, a phenomenon in which organs and tissues develop... Read more

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2023 May 10

Dr. Tobias Meyer Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Tobias Meyer , the Joseph C. Hinsey Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1780, the academy is one of the nation’... Read more

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2023 May 10

Dr. Lisa Roth and Dr. James Lo Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation

Dr. James C. Lo , an associate professor of medicine and Dr. Lisa G. Roth , an associate professor of pediatrics, both from Weill Cornell Medicine, were elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (... Read more

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2023 May 04

Adding Epigenetic Drug to Standard Chemotherapy Was Effective in Pilot Study for T-cell Lymphoma

Nearly 90 percent of patients with an aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma had their cancer go into remission in a small phase 2 clinical trial testing a treatment aimed at making chemotherapy more effective, according... Read more

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2023 Apr 17

Dr. Jedd Wolchok Elected to the American Association for Cancer Research Board of Directors

Dr. Jedd D. Wolchok , the Meyer Director of the Meyer Cancer Center and a professor of medicine, has been elected a member of the American Association for Cancer Research's Board of Directors. The association’s mission is to... Read more

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2023 Apr 14

Edward Meyer, Weill Cornell Medicine Board Member and Benefactor, Dies at 96

Edward H. Meyer, member of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Board of Fellows and devoted benefactor, died April 11 in New York, at age 96. A Cornell University alumnus, Meyer ’49, along with his beloved wife Sandra, was a generous... Read more

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2023 Mar 30

Surprise Finding Shows That Neutrophils Can Be Key Antitumor Weapons

White blood cells called neutrophils have an unappreciated role in eradicating solid tumors, according to a surprise discovery from a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. In the study , published March 30 in Cell,... Read more

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2023 Mar 22

Dr. Ekta Khurana Receives Grant to Study Prostate Cancer Evolution

Dr. Ekta Khurana , an associate professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a 3-year, $1.2 million grant from the United States Department of Defense to investigate how prostate cancer... Read more

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2023 Mar 21

Obesity May Exacerbate Breast Cancer Risk in Women with BRCA Mutations

Obesity may spur DNA damage in the breast tissue of women who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, possibly contributing to breast cancer development in this already high-risk group, according to new multi-institutional... Read more

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2023 Mar 08

3D-Printed Scaffold Could Improve Breast Reconstruction Results

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have developed a technique to help surgeons reconstruct more natural-looking nipples for patients who have undergone breast reconstruction after mastectomy to treat breast cancer. In a... Read more

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2023 Feb 24

Differences in Animal Biology Can Affect Cancer Drug Development

A small but significant metabolic difference between human and mouse lung tumor cells, has been discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, explaining a discrepancy in previous study results, and pointing toward new... Read more

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2023 Feb 23

Weill Cornell Medicine Awarded NCI Grant For EBV-Related Lymphoma Research

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $4.2 million grant by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which immune cells called B... Read more

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2023 Feb 10

Cancer Research Teams Awarded Grants from Starr Cancer Consortium

Five teams led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have been awarded funding from the Starr Cancer Consortium in its 16th annual grant competition. The grants will fund research on the molecular origins and evolution of... Read more

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2023 Feb 09

Weill Cornell Medicine Receives Grants to Advance Lymphoma Research

Two new grants from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will support Weill Cornell Medicine’s pathbreaking research on the origins of lymphomas and on treatments that exploit these cancers’ biological vulnerabilities... Read more

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2023 Feb 08

Less Lung Tissue Removal Needed for Early-Stage Cancer, Study Finds

Surgery that removes only a portion of one of the five lobes that comprise a lung is as effective as the traditional surgery that removes an entire lobe for certain patients with early-stage lung cancer, according to results... Read more

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2023 Feb 01

Scientists Resolve a Long-Standing Mystery About mRNAs

Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) contain chemical marks that are critical for antiviral defense in cells, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The finding solves a 50-year mystery concerning the purpose... Read more

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2023 Jan 31

Weill Cornell Medicine Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

Two Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members, Dr. David Lyden , the Stavros S. Niarchos Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, and Dr. Harel Weinstein , the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and past chair of... Read more

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2023 Jan 30

Weill Cornell Medicine Receives NIH Grant to Improve HIV-Related Cancer Care Abroad

Weill Cornell Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have received a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the... Read more

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2023 Jan 24

Study Shows How Cells Prevent Harmful Extra DNA Copies

A protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. The work , published Jan. 5 in Molecular Cell,... Read more