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Illustration of red and white blood cells. Credit: Shutterstock A protein that masterminds the way DNA is wrapped within chromosomes has a major role in the healthy functioning of blood stem cells, which produce all blood... Read more

Melanoma cells release small extracellular packages containing the protein nerve growth factor receptor, which primes nearby lymph nodes for tumor metastases, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators... Read more

A highly portable and rapid prostate cancer screening kit could provide early warning to populations with higher incidence of prostate cancer and particularly those with limited access to health care, such as African... Read more

Depleting copper levels may reduce the production of energy that cancer cells need to travel and establish themselves in other parts of the body by a process referred to as metastasis, according to a new study by... Read more

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified significant differences in the molecular characteristics of tumors from younger and older cancer patients across several cancer types. Their research, published Dec. 7... Read more

The National Human Genome Research Institute has funded a multi-institutional Center of Excellence in Genome Sciences (CEGS) , based at Weill Cornell Medicine, to develop new tools to study the major product of the human... Read more

Treatment with arginine, one of the amino-acid building blocks of proteins, enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with brain metastases, in a proof-of-concept, randomized clinical trial from... Read more

Lymphomas can turbo-charge their ability to proliferate by crowding growth-supporting enzymes into highly concentrated compartments within tumor cells, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The... Read more

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the New York Genome Center , Harvard Medical School , Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has profiled in unprecedented detail... Read more