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A patient living with HIV who received a blood stem cell transplant for high-risk acute myeloid leukemia has been free of the virus for 14 months after stopping HIV antiretroviral drug treatment, suggesting a cure, according... Read more

Illustration of red and white blood cells. Credit: Shutterstock A protein that masterminds the way DNA is wrapped within chromosomes has a major role in the healthy functioning of blood stem cells, which produce all blood... Read more

Illustration of the lymphatic system. Credit: Shutterstock Melanoma cells release small extracellular packages containing the protein nerve growth factor receptor, which primes nearby lymph nodes for tumor metastases,... Read more

Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study... Read more

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a nearly $6.5 million, four-year grant from the Department of Defense as part of a multi-institutional Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium. The award will fund research on the... Read more

The National Human Genome Research Institute has funded a multi-institutional Center of Excellence in Genome Sciences (CEGS) , based at Weill Cornell Medicine, to develop new tools to study the major product of the human... Read more

Lymphomas can turbo-charge their ability to proliferate by crowding growth-supporting enzymes into highly concentrated compartments within tumor cells, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The... Read more

Illustration of B cells, antibodies and red blood cells. Credit: Shutterstock The master regulator behind the development of antibody-producing cells has been identified in a study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine... Read more

Primary Image Description & Credit: Immunofluorescent images of lungs treated with radiation (left) or no radiation (right). Club cells secrete more anti-immunosuppressive factors when treated with radiation, as seen by... Read more