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2026 Oct 28

A Unifying Mechanism for Cancer-Driving Mutations

A family of mutations seen in about 20% of human cancers drives malignancy by changing the accessibility of genes to a particular regulatory protein, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The findings... Read more

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2026 Oct 09

NIH Grant Awarded to Treat Breast Cancer with Bacteria

A scientist at Weill Cornell Medicine is working with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on new, complementary research efforts engineering therapeutic Salmonella to target critical gaps in treatment for... Read more

2026 Oct 06

Dr. Samie Jaffrey Receives NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award

Dr. Samie Jaffrey, the Greenberg-Starr Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a five-year, $5.5 million NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for the comprehensive study of... Read more

2026 Oct 06

Dr. Olivier Elemento Wins NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

Dr. Olivier Elemento, the director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded an NIH Director's Pioneer Award to build an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to accelerate... Read more

2026 Sep 24

Fall Grants Roundup

Weill Cornell Medicine has received major new funding to support collaborative research spanning clinical trials, precision medicine and drug target discovery with the potential to improve outcomes for patients with... Read more

2026 Sep 16

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness: What Every Woman Should Know

Gynecologic cancer is a unique form of cancer with wide-reaching challenges. “Any of a woman’s reproductive organs can develop cancer or pre-cancer,” says Dr. Eloise Chapman-Davis , gynecologic oncologist and associate... Read more

2026 Sep 15

How Interferon Changes Cancerous Blood Stem Cells

The biologic drug interferon-alpha can benefit patients with blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms by forcing mutant blood stem cells to become shorter-lived white blood cells, according to a study by Weill... Read more

2026 Aug 24

Dr. Dan Landau Named Inaugural Chair of the Department of Systems and Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medicine

NEW YORK (Aug. 24, 2026) —Embracing the transformational potential of new molecular profiling and artificial-intelligence-based data processing technologies on clinical and scientific innovation, Weill Cornell Medicine has... Read more

2026 Aug 20

Prostate Cancer Hijacks Amino Acid Metabolism to Signal Hormone Therapy Resistance

Prostate tumors can rewire amino acid metabolism to override the normal brakes on cholesterol production, a process that may fuel hormone therapy resistance, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The... Read more

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2026 Aug 06

Radiopharmaceutical May Benefit Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Sooner

Earlier use of a targeted radionuclide therapy delays metastatic prostate cancer progression when administered as part of a trio of drugs, according to a phase 3 clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-... Read more

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2026 Aug 05

Scientists Identify Tumor-Secreted Protein That Promotes Lung Metastasis

A protein secreted by common cancer types makes blood vessels leakier to allow metastatic tumors to form in the lungs, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer... Read more

2026 Aug 03

A Promising Solution to a Cancer Drug Resistance Problem

A protein that can dial down oxidative stress in cells helps some cancers resist treatment with a widely used class of drugs called BTK inhibitors, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The... Read more

2026 Jul 20

Mapping Human Bone Marrow Yields New Tool, Insights on Blood Cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have developed a new AI-based method to assess patients with a form of blood cancer called myelodysplastic neoplasms. The method , published June 30 in Leukemia, compares the physical... Read more

2026 Jul 20

Tumor Organoid Tech Advances Toward a Sci-Fi Future

Significant advances have been made in the development of patient-derived tumor organoids for preclinical research, in two new studies led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The advances represent progress in precision... Read more

2026 Jul 16

$2.5 Million Department of Defense Grant Funds Development of Targeted Therapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a $2.5 million, three-year grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop therapies with fewer side effects for triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive and... Read more

2026 Jul 10

Cancer Evolution Study Reveals Biology of Glioma Progression

A form of glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress towards greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of the glioma cells to transform into immature, stem-cell-like states, according to a study led by... Read more

2026 Jul 01

PSA Levels Alone May Not Reflect Prostate Cancer Growth

Patients with advanced prostate cancer may need periodic imaging scans to catch tumor growth even with stable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein in the blood that doctors routinely monitor for cancer... Read more

2026 Jul 01

Rare Stem T Cells May Hold the Key to Fighting Chronic Diseases

T cells are an elite fighting force of the immune system, seeking out and destroying diseased cells. But in a prolonged campaign against a chronic condition — like a viral infection, or cancer — the body needs a steady... Read more

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2026 Jun 25

Stress-Linked Gut Viruses May Help Tumors Evade the Immune System

Chronic psychological stress can help tumors evade immune attack through a chain of molecular events involving gut bacteria and viruses within those bacteria, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators... Read more

2026 Jun 22

Colon Cancer Cells May Change Identity to Metastasize

Loss of GATA6—a transcription factor that controls which genes are turned on or off—can reprogram colorectal cancer cells into more primitive, adaptable states that can then spread to the liver and establish new tumors,... Read more