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A new study has discovered a molecular signal that tumors exploit to exhaust the T cells meant to destroy them—and how silencing that signal could revive the body’s immunity. The study led by Weill Cornell Medicine... Read more

A state-of-the-art health screening van launched this month is bringing advanced imaging technology and health education directly to New Yorkers who are at the greatest risk of developing lung cancer. The initiative — a... Read more

A new tool developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Adelaide investigators has enhanced the ability to track multiple gene mutations while simultaneously recording gene activity in individual cancer cells... Read more

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and hardest to treat breast cancers, but a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine suggests a way to stop it from spreading. Researchers have discovered that... Read more

Weill Cornell Medicine faculty member Dr. Anna Nam and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Maria Cecilia Lira have been chosen to join the 2025 class of Pew scholars and fellows. Dr. Nam, an assistant professor of pathology and... Read more

The Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center (MCC) of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork - Presbyterian Hospital has appointed Laura Pinheiro, PhD, MPH to join Erica Phillips, MD in co-leading the Center’s Office of Community... Read more

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered that PD-1—a molecule best known for putting the brakes on immune cells—also plays a critical role in helping T cells become long-term immune defenders in the skin. Early... Read more

Experts in newest treatment option for cancer, neurological disorders unite to speed progress, expand access Consortium members will share resources, collaborate on clinical trials Statewide experts look to expand benefits... Read more

Video of Research at Risk: Stopping metastatic cancer Metastasis. It’s the word cancer patients dread most – and the scan with ominous black spots showing the disease has spread. For too many people, metastatic cancer is... Read more