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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

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

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

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 chair of... Read more

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

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

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

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

Changes in a single gene open the door for harmful gut bacteria to set off the inflammation that drives Crohn’s disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. These... Read more