Despite FDA warnings that a synthetic mesh used to treat a weakening of the female pelvis's walls can cause infection, pain, and disease recurrence, surgeons are increasing their use of the device.
Nearly 300 students celebrated a milestone on May 28: graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.
Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, addressed the Class of 2015 during commencement on May 28 at Carnegie Hall.
Scientists can now efficiently generate large numbers of rare cells in the network that pushes the heart's chambers to contract, which could be a first step toward using a person's own cells to repair an irregular heartbeat.
A research team at Weill Cornell Medical College showed that a more global look at the body using next-generation sequencing can offer new insights in patients with a treatment-resistant disease.
On the eve of their commencement, students from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences were recognized for their outstanding achievements.
Although hospice does much to ease the physical and emotional burdens imposed on a caregiving spouse when their partner is terminally ill, this type of care could be further strengthened to attend to the psychological needs of family caregivers after their loved ones have died.
A new model developed by a Weill Cornell Medical College team offers researchers a better way to screen and test drugs, immunotherapies and tumor vaccines for colon cancer.
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.
