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2025 Jan 16

Three Institutional Scientists Receive Presidential Award

Three Weill Cornell Medicine scientists were honored this week with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the U.S. government’s highest commendation for outstanding early-career scientists and... Read more

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2025 Jan 13

Immune Complex Shaves Stem Cells to Protect against Cancer

A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, according to a preclinical... Read more

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2025 Jan 09

Innovators Encourage Scientists and Physicians to Dive into Technology Commercialization

When Dr. Tamatha Fenster received a call from a young patient requesting a refill on her Oxycodone for pelvic pain, she was faced with a dilemma: letting the patient remain in pain or refill a prescription and perpetuate an... Read more

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2025 Jan 06

CDC Grant Funds Initiatives for Breast Cancer Patients

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a five-year, $2.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve equitable access to care, quality of life and survival outcomes for young people with all... Read more

2024 Dec 19

Stomach Cancer: Causes, Prevention and Treatment

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are among the most widespread cancers in the world . The most common GI cancers include colorectal, liver (hepatocellular), esophageal , pancreatic and stomach cancer. Among the less common GI... Read more

2024 Dec 13

Putting the Brakes on Prostate Cancer Cells

Prostate cancer hijacks the normal prostate’s growth regulation program to release the brakes and grow freely, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. The discovery , published Dec. 13 in Nature Communications,... Read more

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2024 Dec 10

Finding Innovative Ways to Address Kidney Cancer Leads to DoD Grant

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a $1.4 million, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate a new therapeutic approach for the most common form of kidney cancer. The grant is one of 10 Idea Awards... Read more

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2024 Dec 05

Anticancer Drugs Could Make Immunotherapies More Effective

An emerging class of anticancer drugs called EZH2 inhibitors may greatly enhance the potency of some cancer immunotherapies, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine lymphoma researchers. The inhibitors... Read more

2024 Dec 03

DNA Secreted by Tumor Cell Extracellular Vesicles Prompts Anti-Metastatic Immune Response

Specially packaged DNA secreted by tumor cells can trigger an immune response that inhibits the metastatic spread of the tumor to the liver, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan... Read more

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2024 Nov 20

Study Unveils Key Strategies Against Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer

An enzyme called EZH2 has an unexpected role in driving aggressive tumor growth in treatment-resistant prostate cancers, according to a new study by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine. The results could potentially lead to... Read more

2024 Nov 14

Yes, You Need This Pancreatic Cancer Primer

Approximately six inches long, the pancreas is tucked between your stomach and spine . There, it assists in controlling your blood sugar levels by helping to create enzymes that break down food . When cancer settles in,... Read more

2024 Nov 07

Virtual Screening Identifies Potential Small Molecule Drugs for Cancer Immunotherapy

The process of identifying promising small molecule drug candidates that target cancer checkpoints may become faster and smarter through virtual screening, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. Checkpoint... Read more

2024 Oct 30

New Starr Cancer Consortium Grants Awarded to Weill Cornell Medicine Researchers

Three teams led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have received awards from the Starr Cancer Consortium in its 17th and final annual grant competition. The grants will fund research on the deep mechanisms of common... Read more

2024 Oct 23

Discovery Finds How Ovarian Cancer Disables Immune Cells

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumors use to cripple immune cells and impede their attack—blocking the energy supply T cells depend on. The study , published Oct. 23 in Nature,... Read more

2024 Oct 22

How Melanoma Cells Escape Oxidative Stress to Metastasize

Investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered a defense mechanism that protects skin cancer cells from oxidative stress and helps them spread. The findings suggest a new drug target that could lead to therapies... Read more

2024 Oct 16

NEW MEYER CANCER CENTER CLINICAL RESEARCH LEADERSHIP TEAM

The Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center (MCC) of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork- Presbyterian Hospital is pleased to announce a new cancer clinical research leadership team: Vered Stearns, MD is Associate Director for... Read more

2024 Oct 15

Love Your Breasts, Each and Every Year

Previously, women were encouraged to develop a personalized breast cancer screening program starting in their 40s. For some women, that meant no mammogram until age 50. That’s all changed. T he U.S. Preventive Services Task... Read more

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2024 Oct 09

Study Uncovers Mutations and DNA Structures Driving Bladder Cancer

How bladder cancer originates and progresses has been illuminated as never before in a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center . The researchers found that antiviral enzymes that... Read more

This image shows a triple-negative breast cancer cell undergoing cell death after treatment with a combination of chemotherapy and a second targeted drug. Actin in red; mitochondria in green; nuclei in blue. Credit: National Cancer Institute

2024 Oct 04

New Genetic Signatures Can Classify Breast Cancers and Guide Prognosis

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed breast cancer cell-of-origin signatures that can better predict both overall and progression-free survival of patients with breast cancer compared to previously developed... Read more

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2024 Oct 02

Researchers Develop Insights into KRAS Mutations in Pancreatic Cancers

A common mutation in the KRAS gene is associated with improved overall survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) compared with other variants, in part because the mutation appears to lead to less invasiveness and... Read more