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A common variation in a human gene that affects the brain’s reward processing circuit increases vulnerability to the rewarding effects of the main psychoactive ingredient of cannabis in adolescent females, but not males.

Scientists have discovered that cancer cells rely on the biology of regeneration, wound healing, and embryonic development to spread to other organs and escape detection by the immune system.

The scope of the DNA changes that drive cancers has been illuminated as never before in a set of studies by a large international scientific team including Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. In six studies published Feb. 5 in Nature, and 18 papers in other Nature-affiliated journals, this scientific consortium reported the results from analyses of DNA from more than 2,600 biopsied tumor samples across 38 different types of cancer. 

When professional musician Rik Albani was diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm and a leaky valve, he worried that he may not be able to play the trumpet again. 

Learning to associate distinct signals with safety has been shown by researchers to reduce fear and anxiety

An underlying problem with the production of important cellular building blocks called sphingolipids may explain why children with certain genetic risk factors develop asthma.

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Immune cell activity in the brain differs between males and females in ways that may explain why some neurodegenerative diseases affect the sexes differently

Does a toxin found in the Arabian Desert Raise the Risk of Neurodegenerative Diseases Like ALS

Molecules that coordinate the development of highly specialized blood vessels in the kidney have been identified by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Hofstra University. The findings pave the way toward new strategies for repairing damaged organs.

When Cornell President Martha E. Pollack talks about the experiences that shaped her career, she starts by talking about mentorship, and a pivotal conversation she had with Professor Hoyt Alverson at Dartmouth College.

Dr. Katherine Hajjar, an esteemed physician-scientist with expertise in pediatric hematology and vascular cell biology, has been named senior associate dean for faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine

When I sit in the doctor’s office, I wonder what she thinks of me.

Leading a new era in magnetic resonance imaging research capabilities at Cornell, Dr. Sumit Narayan Niogi, assistant professor of radiology and clinical associate in radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named director of the Cornell Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility.

Apps, video games and other media are filling gaps in mental healthcare

An inexpensive program using trained community members to deliver a structured program based on cognitive behavioral therapy by telephone was able to improve daily functioning, self-reported physical activity, and overall quality of life among diabetic patients with chronic pain.

An eight-week course of treatment with the daily oral drug glecaprevir/pibrentasvir cured chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in 98% of previously untreated patients with an asymptomatic form of cirrhosis or liver scarring known as compensated cirrhosis.

Trainees of Hispanic ethnicity, compared with non-Hispanic trainees, were only about 40 percent as likely to pass, on the first try, the final examination for American Board of Surgery (ABS) certification, despite having passed an initial qualifying exam to demonstrate sufficient applied knowledge, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. 

In an IVF breakthrough, artificial intelligence helps identify the embryos most likely to lead to successful pregnancies.

Decreased amounts of a neurotransmitter called GABA, whose main function is to reduce activity in the brain, leads to changes in the number of neurons in the developing brain and alters signaling between them.