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Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of June 19 - June 26.

Scientists have discovered a way to limit replication of the most common form of HIV at a key moment when the infection is just starting to develop.

Eating protein and vegetables before carbohydrates leads to lower post-meal glucose and insulin levels in obese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is the most consistently effective way to manage symptoms tied to panic disorder, though another less-structured treatment also shows promise.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of June 12 - June 19.

In the increasingly competitive market for postdoctoral funding, the Revson Fellowship provided funds for both Drs. Wendy Beguelin and Kate Meyer, which allowed them to do more than just continue their research.

Six young scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Weill Cornell Medical College have been named the inaugural winners of a new prize established to recognize postdoctoral investigators in the life sciences.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of June 5 - June 12.

Ovarian cancer shuts down immune system cells that would otherwise act as a first line of defense against the deadly tumor, but a therapy that restores the cells' disease-fighting abilities could provide a powerful new strategy to attack the cancer.

Weill Cornell Medical College and Cellectis have entered into a strategic translational research alliance to accelerate the development of a targeted immunotherapy for patients with acute myelogenous leukemia, a deadly blood cancer.

Systematic differences have emerged between physicians who consistently participated in programs that incentived the adoption of electronic health records and those who didn't.

Researchers have discovered that "good" cholesterol in blood also carries a protein that powerfully regulates immune function, and together they play an important role in preventing inflammation in the body.

A Weill Cornell physician and his patient participated in the American Heart Association's Hands-Only CPR Keep the Beat Challenge. The event, hosted June 4 in Times Square, was organized to boost the number of people trained in CPR.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of May 29 - June 5.

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.