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2023 Apr 14

Edward Meyer, Weill Cornell Medicine Board Member and Benefactor, Dies at 96

Edward H. Meyer, member of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Board of Fellows and devoted benefactor, died April 11 in New York, at age 96. A Cornell University alumnus, Meyer ’49, along with his beloved wife Sandra, was a generous... Read more

2023 Mar 30

Surprise Finding Shows That Neutrophils Can Be Key Antitumor Weapons

White blood cells called neutrophils have an unappreciated role in eradicating solid tumors, according to a surprise discovery from a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. In the study , published March 30 in Cell,... Read more

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2023 Mar 22

Dr. Ekta Khurana Receives Grant to Study Prostate Cancer Evolution

Dr. Ekta Khurana , an associate professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a 3-year, $1.2 million grant from the United States Department of Defense to investigate how prostate cancer... Read more

2023 Mar 21

Obesity May Exacerbate Breast Cancer Risk in Women with BRCA Mutations

Obesity may spur DNA damage in the breast tissue of women who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, possibly contributing to breast cancer development in this already high-risk group, according to new multi-institutional... Read more

2023 Mar 08

3D-Printed Scaffold Could Improve Breast Reconstruction Results

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have developed a technique to help surgeons reconstruct more natural-looking nipples for patients who have undergone breast reconstruction after mastectomy to treat breast cancer. In a... Read more

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2023 Feb 24

Differences in Animal Biology Can Affect Cancer Drug Development

A small but significant metabolic difference between human and mouse lung tumor cells, has been discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, explaining a discrepancy in previous study results, and pointing toward new... Read more

2023 Feb 23

Weill Cornell Medicine Awarded NCI Grant For EBV-Related Lymphoma Research

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $4.2 million grant by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which immune cells called B... Read more

2023 Feb 10

Cancer Research Teams Awarded Grants from Starr Cancer Consortium

Five teams led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have been awarded funding from the Starr Cancer Consortium in its 16th annual grant competition. The grants will fund research on the molecular origins and evolution of... Read more

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2023 Feb 09

Weill Cornell Medicine Receives Grants to Advance Lymphoma Research

Two new grants from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will support Weill Cornell Medicine’s pathbreaking research on the origins of lymphomas and on treatments that exploit these cancers’ biological vulnerabilities... Read more

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2023 Feb 08

Less Lung Tissue Removal Needed for Early-Stage Cancer, Study Finds

Surgery that removes only a portion of one of the five lobes that comprise a lung is as effective as the traditional surgery that removes an entire lobe for certain patients with early-stage lung cancer, according to results... Read more

2023 Feb 01

Scientists Resolve a Long-Standing Mystery About mRNAs

Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) contain chemical marks that are critical for antiviral defense in cells, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The finding solves a 50-year mystery concerning the purpose... Read more

2023 Jan 31

Weill Cornell Medicine Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

Two Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members, Dr. David Lyden , the Stavros S. Niarchos Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, and Dr. Harel Weinstein , the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and past chairman... Read more

2023 Jan 30

Weill Cornell Medicine Receives NIH Grant to Improve HIV-Related Cancer Care Abroad

Weill Cornell Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have received a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the... Read more

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2023 Jan 24

Study Shows How Cells Prevent Harmful Extra DNA Copies

A protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. The work , published Jan. 5 in Molecular Cell,... Read more

2023 Jan 20

Lymphoma Mutation Yields Super-Competitive Immune Cells

The key to understanding how the most aggressive lymphomas arise and resist current therapies may lie in mutations that disrupt a critical natural selection process among antibody-producing B cells, according to a multi-... Read more

2023 Jan 10

Scientists Detail Major Mechanism Lung Cancers Use to Evade Immune Attack

A protein commonly found at high levels in lung cancer cells controls a major immunosuppressive pathway that allows lung tumors to evade immune attack, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The... Read more

2023 Jan 02

New Method Precisely Locates Gene Activity and Proteins Across Tissues

A new method can illuminate the identities and activities of cells throughout an organ or a tumor at unprecedented resolution, according to a study co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and... Read more

2022 Dec 30

Awards and Honors – December 30, 2022

Dr. Duncan Hau , assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, has been elected to the Association of Pediatric Program Directors ’ Global Health Learning Community Steering Committee. Committee members are global health... Read more

2022 Dec 28

Enzyme That Protects Against Viruses Could Fuel Cancer Evolution

An enzyme that defends human cells against viruses can help drive cancer evolution towards greater malignancy by causing myriad mutations in cancer cells, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine... Read more

2022 Dec 15

Potential Therapy for an Aggressive Type of Colon Cancer Identified in Preclinical Studies

An experimental therapy showed promise as treatment for an aggressively spreading type of colorectal cancer in preclinical models, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Mesenchymal colorectal... Read more