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A common antioxidant had no effect on lung function compared to a placebo in patients with a chronic, progressive respiratory disease, according to research led by Weill Cornell Medical College and the IPF Clinical Research Network. The findings on N-acetylcysteine (NAC), released today by the New England Journal of Medicine, are likely to prompt physicians to reconsider the best way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an incurable disease that often kills patients within a few years of their diagnosis.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of May 9 - May 16.

The Joint Clinical Trials Office at Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has launched a new website developed as a key hub of information for patients, clinical researchers and physicians.

Last month, legendary actor Alan Alda and a team from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University visited Weill Cornell to observe the Oates Communication Skills Curriculum.

Three winners of last year's Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences have established a new annual prize for promising postdoctoral trainees.

Medical students in Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar's Class of 2014 received their United States-accredited medical degrees on May 7 in front of an audience of proud family members, friends and WCMC-Q faculty who had come to cheer them on.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of May 2 - May 9.

A team of neuroscientists has reversed psychosis-like features in mice, raising hope that scientists may ultimately be able to do the same for humans with schizophrenia.

Tissue engineers have created replacement body tissue with built-in blood vessels, an advance that overcomes one of the most difficult problems in the field.

Dr. Hooman Kamel wins the Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize, Dr. Jason Baker receives the 2014 Humanitarian Award and other awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of April 25 - May 2.

Videos from the Clinical and Translational Science Center and from two Weill Cornell scientists illustrate the importance of NIH-funded research.

The Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2017 honored those who bequeathed their bodies to science during the annual Gross Anatomy Memorial Service on April 22.

Weill Cornell Medical College scientists have added a new tool in the endoscopy diagnostic arsenal that detects biliary cancers earlier and with greater accuracy.

Dr. Jean W. Pape is named to the Haitian National Order of Honour and Merit and other awards, prizes, honors and achievements for the week of April 18 - April 25.

"Population health" means different things to parties charged with delivering health care and promoting wellbeing, Weill Cornell researchers find.

Novelist Jeffrey Eugenides was the latest speaker for Weill Cornell's Readers and Writers series.

A team of researchers has devised a wholly new approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease involving the so-called retromer protein complex.

Too much vitamin D can be toxic, especially for children. Over-the-counter preparations often have different concentrations, which parents should check.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of April 11 - April 18.

Neuroscientist Dr. Gregory Petsko has been appointed the new director of the Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College. We sat down with Dr. Petsko to learn about his new role, how he envisions the institute leading the charge in Alzheimer's research, and why he believes Alzheimer's disease is a looming national catastrophe.