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Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

The Weill Cornell Medicine Program for Substance Use and Stigma of Addiction has proudly distributed naloxone rescue kits (Narcan) to the New York City community for 10 years.

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and The Rockefeller University identified a vulnerability that opens the door to new treatments.

A multi-national, multi-institutional study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found little natural resistance to a new HIV therapy called lenacapavir in a population of patients in Uganda.

Krystyn J. Van Vliet, vice president for research and innovation since 2023, has been named vice president for innovation and external engagement strategy for the university.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or "brain bleeds," caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain doubles a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life.

Two Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Niroshana Anandasabapathy and Dr. Rohit Chandwani, have been elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for 2025.

The relationship between a patient and their provider can significantly influence the quality of care outcomes, particularly when considering provider race concordance, according to a new study led by a Weill Cornell Medical College student.

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously thought—according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine.

Almost 50 million Americans—disproportionately in rural areas—must drive 25 miles or more to access a gastroenterologist for diagnosis and treatment of issues involving the digestive system, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

The distinct population of endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the insulin-producing “islets” of the human pancreas have been notoriously difficult to study, but Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have now succeeded in comprehensively detailing the unique characteristics of these cells. 

A new study reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved from initially prioritizing increased transmissibility to enhanced immune evasion after the Omicron variant emerged according to Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) researchers.

The newly configured department marshals biochemists, biophysicists and experts in protein engineering and imaging to drive discoveries in the basic mechanisms of cell function.

Awards, honors and achievements for the month of January.

Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood during the third trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study.

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects. 

On January 14th, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Core Laboratories Center held its inaugural WCM Cores Day in the Griffis Faculty Club, showcasing the institution’s research core facilities to more than 240 attendees from across WCM, including faculty, staff, postdocs, and students.

On Jan. 17, incoming students earned their short white coats as the newest class in Weill Cornell Medicine’s Master of Science in Health Sciences for Physician Assistants Program.

The Translational Research Institute for Pain in Later Life, a New York City-based center to help older adults prevent and manage pain, has been awarded a five-year, $5 million renewal grant from the National Institute on Aging.

Non-white communities had significantly less access to opioid medications commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain than white communities over the decade beginning in 2011, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.