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Hendra and Nipah Viruses Are on U.S. Government's List of Potential Threats NEW YORK (Dec. 19, 2007) — Two deadly and highly infectious viruses—both potential bioterror threats—may have met their match in a new drug developed by scientists at Weill...

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and KS&A Join Forces to Spread Awareness of Condition One in 500 Babies Has Variation in X or Y Chromosomes, Causing Reduced Fertility NEW YORK (Dec. 19, 2007) — Approximately one in every 500 to...

Dr. Inmaculada de Melo-Martín, associate professor of public health in the Division of Medical Ethics, was awarded a grant of $150,000 from the National Science Foundation for her two-year project, "Biology and Ethics: Evaluating the Claim that Biotechnologies Pose...

Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, is the invited speaker for the Department of Neurosurgery's Grand Rounds, to be held Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, at 7:30 a.m. in Room F-639. The topic will be...

Dr. Hugh Hemmings, vice chairman of anesthesiology research, discusses one of his research posters. There is a new movie currently playing in theaters in which a man undergoing heart surgery finds himself in a state of "anesthetic awareness." He...

Research to Elucidate Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Dysfunction and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus NEW YORK (Dec. 17, 2007) — The Leon Levy Foundation has awarded over $1.4 million in grants to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City in support of...

Less-Invasive and Less-Costly Spine Surgery Option NEW YORK (Dec. 17, 2007) — Each year, 40 to 60 percent of American adults suffer from chronic back pain. More than one million spine surgery procedures are performed annually, with medical costs to...

Weill Cornell Scientists Use Cutting-Edge Methods to Show That Neurotransmitter Packets Must Be Rebuilt After Each Cycle NEW YORK (Dec. 13, 2007) — For the first time, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have observed in...

Society for Neuroscience Award Honors His Work into Understanding the Brain and Nervous System NEW YORK (Dec. 13, 2007) — A leading authority on neurological disorders of consciousness, Dr. Nicholas Schiff of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Presents Prescription for Preventing Major Killers—Obesity, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease NEW YORK (Dec. 13, 2007) — A new study by a NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientist has an important message for the elderly: It's not too late...

NEW YORK (Dec. 12, 2007) — Weill Cornell Medical College has received two grants totaling $2.4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help fight tuberculosis, an epidemic that infects one-third of the world's people and kills nearly...

Drug, Alone or in Combination, Eliminated Stroke Risk, Weill Cornell Team Reports NEW YORK (Dec. 12, 2007) — Telmisartan, a drug widely used to help control blood pressure, may have uniquely potent activity in preventing stroke, according to a new...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Identifies Cases That Necessitate Surgery NEW YORK (Dec. 11, 2007) — In as many as one in five people over age 55, when the heart contracts to send blood around the body, some degree of backward leakage...

Kinesin Motor Proteins Are Tied to Specific Transport Processes; Finding Should Aid Drug Development, Weill Cornell Team Says NEW YORK (Dec. 10, 2007) — With findings highlighted on a recent cover of Developmental Cell, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College...

NEW YORK (Dec. 8, 2007) — Leading hematologists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Atlanta, Dec. 8-11. Among the...

Activates a Stress-Linked Pathway in Neurons to Release Key Genes, Weill Cornell Team Reports NEW YORK (Dec. 7, 2007) — Alcohol triggers the activation of a variety of genes that can influence the health and activity of brain cells, and...

Infections as a Cause of Cancer: A History and Outlook—Presentation @ AACR PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 5, 2007) — Cancer—popularly understood as a result of mutations or mistakes within the genetic code in cells—is also caused by infections from viruses, bacteria and...

Dr. Richard Silver, professor of medicine, served as chairman of the 4th International Patient Symposium on Myeloproliferative Diseases, held Nov. 7 in New York City. In addition, Dr. Silver spoke on treatment of polycythemia vera (PV), a myeloproliferative disorder...

The career of Dr. Bruce McCandliss, a psychologist at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology and associate professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, is relatively young but already quite distinguished. He is a highly productive,...