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The 104 M.D. and Ph.D. students in the Class of 2014 learned where they will be doing their residency training -- the next three to seven years of their medical careers -- during national Match Day on March 21.

A gene previously unassociated with breast cancer plays a pivotal role in the growth and progression of the triple negative form of the disease, a particularly deadly strain that often has few treatment options.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of March 14 - March 21.

By producing proteins that nurture cancer, blood vessel cells can turn a slow-growing malignancy into an aggressive disease that can spread and resist treatment.

Weill Cornell scientists will study the biology of the only set of identical twins who've ever left the Earth's atmosphere to see if space travel leaves a genetic fingerprint.

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Cuts to the NIH budget threaten patient lives, scientific advances and the United States' reputation as a biomedical leader, Weill Cornell students write in The Hill.

Emergency department physicians are less likely to admit patients to the hospital when they have readily available electronic access to those patients' health records.

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Five months since its launch, the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute is now seeking early-stage research projects for its drug discovery and development program designed to advance scientific breakthroughs into effective treatments for patients.

Terminal cancer patients who receive chemotherapy in the last months of their lives are less likely to die where they want and are more likely to undergo invasive medical procedures than those who do not receive chemotherapy, according to research in this week's BMJ.

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A U.S. health care system that increasingly relies on collaborative teams of providers is in need of a uniform code of ethics for its disparate participants, including patients and the public, according to a new commentary co-authored by M.D.-Ph.D. student Dr. Sandeep Kishore.

A new study led by Weill Cornell Medical College scientists shows that the most common genetic form of mental retardation and autism occurs because of a mechanism that shuts off the gene associated with the disease.

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Using solar energy and a smartphone, healthcare providers can now diagnose Kaposi's sarcoma in remote areas of the world.

A new program will offer investigators financial support to conduct research that will demonstrate to the biopharmaceutical industry that their scientific discoveries can be turned into effective treatments for patients.

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By using glowing proteins, Weill Cornell Medical Center researchers have found the fuel needed to power communication between brain cells is generated as needed -- not continuously, as believed.