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Tumor cell-derived EVPs induced accumulation of lipid droplets in the mouse liver. Green, lipid droplet. Blue, DAPI. Credit: Gang Wang, Jianlong Li, David Lyden.
2023 May 24

Cancers in Distant Organs Alter Liver Function

Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat buildup and impairing its normal detoxifying functions, according to a study from... Read more
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2023 May 17

What You Need to Know About Blood Cancers

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are cancers of the blood and bone marrow. They start when something goes awry with hematopoietic stem cells—immature cells that can develop into any type of blood cell. Myeloid cells, also... Read more
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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