Investigators say in a commentary that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is worth continued federal investment despite the challenges it faces.
Dr. Olga Boudker has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a prestigious honor that comes with flexible, long-term research support to continue her research on how glutamate pumps work on a molecular level.
Investigators have illuminated the precise molecular steps that enable pancreatic cancer to spread to the liver -- the event that makes the most common form of the disease lethal.
Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer have received a $15.7 million, four-year research grant from the New York State Stem Cell Science Program to study hematopoietic stem cells.
The U.S. premiere of "Playing God: The Rock Opera" challenged the audience to think critically about the complicated biomedical ethics underlying genetic advancements.
Jennifer Harmon's experiences as patient in the healthcare system provided her with important wisdom and now she's sharing it with Weill Cornell's doctors in training.
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, who was recently awarded the 2014 Mortimer D. Sackler M.D. Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Developmental Psychobiology, led grand rounds on April 22 at Weill Cornell Medical College's Uris Auditorium on the topic of Rett syndrome.
Neuroscientist BJ Casey takes a maternal approach to mentoring students and fellows in her lab, including Conor Liston, who is now an assistant professor at Weill Cornell.
Banking, finance and financial experts including Sanford I. Weill, chair emeritus of the Weill Cornell, participated in a financial policy panel during Cornell University's Charter Day Weekend.
Health experts, including those from Weill Cornell, participated in the "Wellness, Fulfillment and Good Health" panel at Cornell University's Charter Day Weekend.
Researchers have shown for the first time that a gene previously implicated in blood vessel formation during embryonic development and tumor growth also induces immune suppression during tumor development.
Sarah Bettigole is a graduate student in immunology who turns to Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher for guidance on her research, her future and being a woman in science.
Weill Cornell researchers found that unofficial physician networks may be as important to the quality and cost of care that a patient receives as any one individual doctor, hospital or medical group.
