2024 Apr 16
Infographic: Understanding Head and Neck Cancers
How much do you know about cancers of the head and neck? Help protect yourself by staying educated. Download the guide here or review the infographic online . Read more
2024 Apr 16
How a Stroke of Luck, A Few Coincidences, and Good Morning America Helped One Woman Through Leukemia and Beyond
Back in August 2019, Stacy Levy was watching Good Morning America (GMA) with her husband when Dr. Gail Roboz, the Director of the Leukemia Program at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, appeared on... Read more
2024 Apr 15
Podcast: Latest Research and Treatments for Brain Tumors
In this episode of Back to Health , Dr. Rajiv Magge discusses the latest in research and treatments for brain tumors. He gives an overview of primary and metastatic types of brain tumors and how uncommon they are for most... Read more
2024 Mar 28
Discovery Suggests New Strategy Against Follicular Lymphoma
A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine has identified important drivers of the transformation of a type of blood cancer called follicular lymphoma from a slow-growing form to the aggressive form it takes in some... Read more
2024 Mar 27
Stand Up To Cancer Dream Team Collective Seeks to Transform Care of Gastroesophageal Cancer
A collaboration between Dr. Jedd Wolchok , the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, and Dr. Yelena Janjigian , chief of the gastrointestinal oncology service at Memorial... Read more
2024 Mar 18
Mapping the Evolution of Urinary Tract Cancer Cells
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have performed the most comprehensive analysis to date of cancer of the ureters or the urine-collection cavities in the kidney, known as upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). The... Read more
2024 Mar 06
Cancer Grand Challenges Funding Awarded to Study Cancer Inequity
Weill Cornell Medicine is part of an international team that has been awarded funding of up to $25 million over five years by Cancer Grand Challenges to study the causes of cancer inequities. Cancer Grand Challenges is a... Read more
2024 Mar 04
Deciphering the Male Breast Cancer Genome
Male breast cancer has distinct alterations in the tumor genome that may suggest potential treatment targets, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. They have conducted the first whole genome... Read more
2024 Feb 29
Awards & Honors: February 2024
Dr. Kirk Deitsch , professor of microbiology and immunology, and Dr. Kyu Rhee , professor of microbiology and immunology and of medicine, were elected as fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology. The academy, the... Read more
2024 Feb 23
Gene Signature May Predict Response to Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
A new study identified a set of 140 genes that may help predict enhanced disease-free survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with a combination of immunotherapy and low-dose radiation. The... Read more
2024 Feb 22
Less Invasive Early Lung Cancer Study Receives Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award
A Weill Cornell Medicine-led research team has been awarded a 2024 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum in recognition of an influential 2023 New England Journal of Medicine study on... Read more
2024 Feb 15
Elusive Cell Membrane Transporter Gives Up Key Secrets
Structural rearrangements allow pH-dependent activation of CLC-e1. The video depicts the molecular movements of the CLC transporter from the inactive state to its two active conformations. The molecular workings of a family... Read more
2024 Feb 13
Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research Awarded to Pediatric Cancer Specialist at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2024) — Dr. Sumit Gupta, a physician-scientist whose research focuses on vulnerable subpopulations of children with cancer, has been awarded the eighth annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s... Read more
2024 Feb 08
How One Type of Lung Cancer Can Transform into Another
Lung tumors called adenocarcinomas sometimes respond to initially effective treatments by transforming into a much more aggressive small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that spreads rapidly and has few options for treatment... Read more
2024 Feb 08
Breast Cancer Precision Care: A Family Affair
Video of Breast Cancer Precision Care: A Family Affair | Weill Cornell Medicine When Nila Charles was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was the mother of two young children, working long hours and caring for a family member... Read more
2024 Feb 01
NIH Grant Awarded for Innovative Study of Key Membrane Proteins
Dr. Alessio Accardi , professor of physiology and biophysics in anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part... Read more
2024 Jan 31
Awards & Honors: January 2024
Dr. Silvia C. Formenti , chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Sandra and Edward Meyer Professor of Cancer Research, was elected as a fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy. The... Read more
2024 Jan 29
Prestigious NIH Grant Explores Repetitive DNA Sequences and Cell Dysfunction
Dr. Jeannine Gerhardt, an assistant professor of stem cell biology in obstetrics and gynecology and in reproductive medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute... Read more
2024 Jan 25
Dr. David Lyden Wins Paget-Ewing Award from Metastasis Research Society
Dr. David Lyden , the Stavros S. Niarchos Professor in Pediatric Cardiology and a professor of pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named the winner of the 2024 Paget-Ewing Award by the Metastasis Research Society... Read more
2024 Jan 17
SARS-CoV-2 Can Infect Dopamine Neurons Causing Senescence
A new study reported that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, can infect dopamine neurons in the brain and trigger senescence—when a cell loses the ability to grow and divide. The researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine... Read more
