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Bob Azopardi thought he only had months to live. After a routine physical, the 49-year-old was diagnosed with a type of cancer called chronic lymphocytic leukemia. 

A surgically implanted device used to regulate bladder and bowel control often requires additional operations to repair or replace it, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.

Levetiracetam, the most commonly prescribed drug for U.S. infants with epilepsy, may be significantly more...

An artificial intelligence program developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers can distinguish types of cancer from images of cells with almost 100 percent accuracy, according to a new study.

Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences have developed a machine-learning approach to building personalized cancer nanomedicines. These tiny drug-filled particles help cancer medicines hit their target, making them more effective and causing fewer side effects.

Weill Cornell Medicine’s BioVenture eLab, a hub of the institution’s entrepreneurial activity celebrated a milestone on Jan. 23: the official launch of its new name and the opening of its dedicated space at 1157 York Ave.

Many successful researchers cite the influence of a mentor who inspired and advised them—and that’s especially true for Dr. Kevin O’Rourke, PhD ’17.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of January.

An enzyme found in brain cells can break apart the precursors to plaques that accumulate in the organ and cause toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.

The modern concept of general anesthesia dates back to the 1840s, when doctors and dentists began giving patients ether before operations.

When the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute launched just over four years ago, nothing like it existed in academia. 

Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to form distant tumors in the body, can be triggered by a chronic leakage of DNA within tumor cells, according to a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers.

Following major surgery, the aftercare instructions that patients need to follow can be complex.

A high-salt diet reduces resting blood flow to the brain and causes dementia in mice, according to a new study by scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Mark Veich, an accomplished leader in institutional advancement, has been appointed vice provost for external affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine, effective Feb. 12.

Immune cells that process food and bacterial antigens in the intestines control the intestinal population of fungi, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. 

Growing up in Azerbaijan, Yusif was frequently attacked for being gay.

For physician-scientist Dr. Virginia Pascual research was a revelation. 

A key enzyme in liver cells may provide physicians with a new strategy for treating a liver disease often linked to overeating, obesity and diabetes.

"As a writer, I never felt that medicine interfered with me but rather that it was my very food and drink, the very thing that made it possible for me to write,” poet and physician Dr. William Carlos Williams reflected toward the end of his life.