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A study by Marcin Imielinski, M.D., Ph.D., illuminates a possible new type of driver of cancer: small (one-50 letter) insertions or deletions of DNA sequence, also called “indels,” in regions of the genome that do not code for proteins. Read more

Nasser Altorki, M.D. weighs in on the role of lobectomy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Read more

The MORAL score for hepatocellular carcinoma is highly predictive of recurrence-free survival and can accurately identify patients who should not undergo liver transplant with a living donor, according to Karim J. Halazun, M.D. Read more

Christopher Barbieri, M.D., Ph.D., is a featured faculty member in the #WeAreWCM campaign. Read more

Feature about the new Center on the Physics of Cancer Metabolism collaboration between Ithaca and NYC. Read more

Richard Furman, M.D. and patient Robert Frank Azopardi were recently featured on the abc7NY Medical Marvels series. Read more

John Leonard, M.D. discusses advancements in the treatment of follicular lymphoma. Read more

Peter DelNero, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering who works in the lab of Cornell University associate Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, Ph.D, has received the 2017 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. DelNero is one of eight graduate students nationwide to receive this prestigious award out of more than 250 nominees from 127 institutions. Read more

Dr. Samie Jaffrey, the Greenberg-Starr Professor and a professor of pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received the 2017 John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Read more