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The rearrangement of chromosomes marks thyroid cancers that developed in children exposed to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, according to new research led by WCMC and MSKCC investigators.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Oct. 25 - Nov. 1.

Collaborating scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Weill Cornell Medical College have determined the first atomic-level structure of the tripartite HIV envelope protein -- long considered one of the most difficult targets in structural biology and of great value for medical science.

A new study reveals a mechanism through which the expression of genes is controlled - a finding that calls attention to genetic mutations that can impair the timing of gene expression.

A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College scientists reveals a mechanism through which the expression of genes is controlled -- a finding that highlights genetic mutations that can impair the timing of gene expression. Such mutations can affect the co-ordination of key events that are required for stepwise development of an organism, and can also give rise to cancer by turning on genes at the wrong time.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Oct. 18 - Oct. 25.

Standing in the Belfer Research Building on Thursday, Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab and Weill Cornell Dean Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher celebrated an innovative partnership between the two institutions for collaborative research.

Clinical ethicists should go through a standardized quality-attestation process in order to consult on patient care, according to a Weill Cornell Medical College bioethicist.

Dr. Andrew Schafer, former chairman of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been appointed director of the Richard T. Silver, M.D. Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Center at Weill Cornell.

An experimental drug developed and tested at Weill Cornell Medical College may bring new hope to men with one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat forms of prostate cancer.

Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher wins the 2013 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Sciences and other awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Oct. 11 - Oct. 18.

A research team from Weill Cornell Medical College and The Rockefeller University has identified a bacterium it believes may trigger multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic, debilitating disorder that damages myelin forming cells in the brain and spinal cord.

More Americans will be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease in the coming decades in spite of plummeting smoking rates and a growing reservoir of effective treatments, according to a new Weill Cornell Medical College research study.

Greater adherence to guidelines that outline proper management of severe traumatic brain injury has led to a significant drop in the number of New York patients who die from these injuries, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medical College researchers.

As melanoma comes into greater focus, an international team of investigators, including Dr. Hector Peinado from Weill Cornell Medical College, hope its new research will make significant headway in combating the metastatic, and often fatal, form of the disease.

Better understanding and greater use of existing knowledge about the earliest phases of metastasis will improve outcomes for cancer patients, according to a commentary by a Weill Cornell Medical College physician.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Oct. 4 - Oct. 11.

Doctors should consider committing to making at least 5 percent of their practice Medicaid patients, a Weill Cornell physician argues in a new commentary.

As the Affordable Care Act makes sweeping changes to the health care industry on a federal level, it is more important than ever for New York to enact its own reforms, according to a state industry expert.

Damaged or diseased organs may someday be healed with an injection of blood vessel cells, eliminating the need for donated organs and transplants, according to scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College.