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2024 Jul 18

Parker Institute Commits Additional $125M for Audacious Mission to Cure Cancer

The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) is an unprecedented collaboration between the country’s leading immunotherapy researchers and cancer centers. Founded in 2016 through a $250 million gift from Silicon... Read more

2024 Jul 17

Melanin Matters: How Skin Cancer Affects People of Color

If you have black or brown skin, you have more melanin, or natural pigment, than people with white skin. Extra melanin provides protection from sun-related damage. This defense, however, isn’t perfect. “Having darkly... Read more

2024 Jul 16

How a novel genomic analysis leveraged whole-exome and RNA sequencing to save the life of an elderly patient

An 81-year-old former minor league baseball player with a history of cancer arrived at the emergency department with a fractured forearm and leg pain after a fall at home. Ironically that fracture, and the cutting-edge... Read more

2024 Jul 09

Researchers Customize AI Tools for Digital Pathology

Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have developed and tested new artificial intelligence (AI) tools tailored to digital pathology—a rapidly growing field that uses high-... Read more

2024 Jun 28

New Predictors of Metastasis in Patients with Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine with an international team have used liver biopsies to identify cellular and molecular markers that can potentially be used to predict whether and when pancreatic cancer will spread to... Read more

2024 Jun 26

Cell Division: Before Commitment, a Very Long Engagement

Before a cell commits fully to the process of dividing itself into two new cells, it may ensure the appropriateness of its commitment by staying for many hours—sometimes more than a day—in a reversible intermediate state,... Read more

2024 Jun 25

Department of Defense Grant Awarded for Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases Research

Weill Cornell Medicine received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program to develop new approaches for predicting the spread of cancer cells to the bone in men with prostate... Read more

2024 Jun 23

Dr. Hua “Judy” Zhong Named Chief of the Division of Biostatistics at Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Hua "Judy" Zhong, an esteemed researcher and biostatistician, has been named chief of the Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, effective July 29... Read more

2024 Jun 17

Dr. Ashley Laughney Wins Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

Dr. Ashley Laughney , an assistant professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has won a 2024 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. The Pershing Square Sohn Prize Cancer... Read more

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2024 Jun 14

Ultrasensitive Liquid Biopsy Tech Spots Cancer Earlier than Standard Methods

An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has shown unprecedented sensitivity in predicting cancer recurrence, in a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian ,... Read more

2024 Jun 11

Commercial Astronauts Shed Light on Flights’ Health Impacts and Create Spaceflight Atlas

Short-term space travel causes many of the same molecular and physiologic changes as long-term space missions, but most reverse within months of returning to Earth. Yet, those changes that are longer-lasting and distinct... Read more

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2024 May 30

Prenatal Testing Offers a Window for Finding a Mother’s Cancer Risk

Harmful variants in the BRCA1 gene greatly increase a person’s lifetime risk of developing breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, but most people are unaware they are carriers. In a new study in the American Journal of... Read more

2024 May 29

Identifying the Initial Steps in Colorectal Cancer Formation

Research led by Weill Cornell Medicine provides new evidence that most colorectal cancers begin with the loss of intestinal stem cells, even before cancer-causing genetic alterations appear. The results , published on May 29... Read more

2024 May 28

Preparing for Your Mammogram: Your Questions Answered

Learn the basics of mammograms including updated guidelines for screening, what to expect and who to go to with questions about your results. Read more

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2024 May 08

GoT-ChA: A New Tool for Detailing How Gene Mutations Affect Cells

A team co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center has developed an advanced method for revealing how gene mutations disrupt the normal packaging of DNA. These structural changes, which... Read more

2024 Apr 30

April: Awards & Honors

Dr. Eloise Chapman-Davis , associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was awarded the Health Equity Awareness and Advocacy in Gynecologic Oncology Award by the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO). The award... Read more

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2024 Apr 22

An Immune Powerhouse: Dr. Carl Nathan on the Potential of Interferon-γ

Dr. Carl Nathan, chair of the department of microbiology and immunology and the R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has co-authored a review in Science on the immune protein interferon-... Read more

2024 Apr 18

Addressing Health Care Disparities Will Require Debunking Common Myths

To imagine a society without racial disparities in health care, we must consider the real reasons inequities exist, said Dr. Thomas LaVeist , Dean and Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity at the Tulane University... Read more

2024 Apr 16

Weill Cornell Initiative Continues to Bolster Diversity in Doctoral Programs

Cinthia Garcia was always passionate about science and medicine. The first in her family to complete post-secondary education, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Emmanuel College in Boston in 2018 and then became a... Read more