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Macrophage Cells Fail to Remove the Fatty Deposits, and Weill Cornell Team May Now Know Why NEW YORK (August 8, 2007) – Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have gotten closer to solving a longstanding puzzle...

Breakthrough Findings in Nature May Offer Hope to Similar Patients, Says Research Team from NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Cleveland Clinic and JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Center for Head Injuries World's First Successful Electrical Stimulation for Minimally Conscious Brain-Injured Patient Assault Victim Regains Power...

Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr. (left) with Sanford Weill (center), chairman of the Weill Cornell Medical College Board of Overseers, and Rahmi Koç, chairman of the Vehbi Koç Vakfi American Hospital Board of Directors. Dr. David Skorton, president of...

Dr. Carlyle Miller, clinical instructor in medicine and associate dean of student affairs and equal opportunity programs, has been elected Northeast region MAS chair-elect of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Group on Student Affairs-Minority Affairs Section (GSA-MAS). The...

Dr. David P. Hajjar Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr. has announced the promotion of Dr. David P. Hajjar to senior executive vice dean and executive vice provost of Weill Cornell Medical College, effective immediately. Dr. Hajjar has been serving...

Changes Resolve With Time But Findings Are Reason for Caution, Weill Cornell Team Says NEW YORK (July 17, 2007) — Use of the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug Ritalin by young children may cause long-term changes in the developing brain,...

Weill Cornell Study Shows Therapeutic Potential of Harnessing Tissue's Own Defenses NEW YORK (July 17, 2007) — Challenging brain tissue with a small noxious stimulus beforehand gives it a resilience that can lessen damage to blood vessels during a stroke,...

New Center Triples Size for Heart Disease Research and Treatment at Turkey's First Private, Not-For-Profit Hospital Istanbul (June 29, 2007) — A world-renowned cardiovascular educator, researcher and clinician, Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr. of Weill Cornell Medical College was honored...

Patients' Motor Skills Improved with No Major Side Effects, Weill Cornell Team Reports NEW YORK (June 21, 2007) — In what could be a breakthrough in the treatment of neurological disease, a team led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell...

Manipulating a Protein Called XIAP Could Lead to Tumor Cells' Death NEW YORK (June 20, 2007) — Research led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College has uncovered two new potential points of vulnerability on a key cancer-promoting protein, called...

After Naval and Business Careers, Student Chooses Medical Path NEW YORK (June 20, 2007) — One graduate of Weill Cornell Medical College's Class of 2007 did not take the usual route to gain his degree. Louis Cooper, of Brooklyn, recently...

Dr. Roger Härtl, Director of the Spine Program at Weill Cornell, Appointed as the First Leonard and Fleur Harlan Clinical Scholar NEW YORK (June 20, 2007) — A gift of $1 million from Leonard and Fleur Harlan has established the...

$250 Million from Joan and Sanford I. Weill Is Believed to Be the Single Largest Gift Ever Given to a Medical School; Additional $50 Million to Cornell University; Lifetime Weill Family Contributions to College Top $500 Million $100 Million from...

HOUSTON and NEW YORK (June 11, 2007) — Researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute (NI) in Houston and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City used functional MRI to determine that songbirds have a pronounced right-brain response to the...

Human Antibodies in Blood Potentially Could Act as Specific Protection Against Toxic Form of Beta Amyloid NEW YORK & WASHINGTON (June 11, 2007) — In an important advance in the battle against Alzheimer's disease, physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical...

Experts Also Available for Commentary on Breaking News and Other Stories at the SVS Meeting NEW YORK (June 7, 2007) — Physician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College are presenting exciting new research at...