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Endothelial cells—the cells that line blood vessels—grown alongside leukemia cells become corrupted and rescue the cancer cells from many chemotherapy drugs, a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found. A growing... Read more

By analyzing key enzymes in a new way, an international team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine has discovered how a well-known signaling molecule can either stimulate or suppress tumor growth depending on where it... Read more

A common, spontaneous mutation in blood stem cells, which has been linked to higher risks of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease, may promote these diseases by altering the stem cells’ programming of gene activity and... Read more

There is no single event that inspired Dr. Taha Merghoub’s journey from his childhood in the Sahara Desert to his recent appointment as deputy director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine... Read more

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a $1 million, three-year grant from the Department of Defense’s Kidney Cancer Research Program to fund research on the role of the protein ATF4 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (... Read more

When fat accumulates in the liver, the immune system may assault the organ. A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers identifies the molecule that trips these defenses, a discovery that helps to explain the... Read more

NEW YORK (July 28, 2022) — Dr. Jedd Wolchok , an internationally acclaimed medical oncologist whose innovations in immunotherapy have revolutionized melanoma treatment, has been recruited as the Meyer Director of the Sandra... Read more

Weill Cornell Medicine, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have received a $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges award to tackle cancer cachexia, the debilitating wasting syndrome that is... Read more

There is considerable variation in the management of mantle cell lymphoma across different clinical settings, and some strategies do not always conform with what might be expected, according to an analysis by investigators... Read more