News

From light-activated pain relief to next-generation cancer immunotherapies, scientists and clinicians showcased bold ideas for translating lab discoveries into real-world treatments as part of the Accelerating BioVenture Innovation (ABI) program, part of Enterprise Innovation at Weill Cornell.

People who felt lonely before having a heart attack were significantly more likely to end up back in the hospital within a month of discharge, according to findings from researchers in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

Dopamine neurons in a part of the brain called the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral of decline driven by fuel shortages, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Weill Cornell Medicine’s Ninth Annual Dean’s Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship celebrated and fostered the entrepreneurial spirit on Nov. 17 at Weill Cornell's Griffis Faculty Club.

More than 75 employees were honored at the President’s Awards for Employee Excellence, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. This year marked the first time nominations were open to all three campuses.

Dr. Hazel Szeto's discovery of a first-in-class compound that had mitochondrial therapeutic potential is now a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drug.

Dr. Despina Siolas, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, is working to personalize treatment for pancreatic cancer and develop new therapeutic regimens that save more patient lives.

Awards, honors and achievements for the month of November.

Detailed mapping of CD4⁺ T cells from children with systemic lupus erythematosus has revealed distinct immune cell subsets with likely roles in disease pathogenesis, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

The roots of addiction risk may lie in how young brains function long before substance use begins, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Chemotherapy activates a stress sensor in immune cells, triggering inflammation and nerve damage, which may help explain why many cancer patients experience debilitating pain as a side effect, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers.

Dr. Robert A. Harrington detailed his path in academic medicine and research during a fireside chat for the Luminaries in Healthcare Leadership series.

A new study has discovered a molecular signal that tumors exploit to exhaust the T cells meant to destroy them—and how silencing that signal could revive the body’s immunity.

Hypertension impairs blood vessels, neurons and white matter in the brain well before the condition causes a measurable rise in blood pressure, according to a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Combining heart failure education with real-time communication tools can better equip home health aides to care for adults with heart failure in the home, according to a new randomized clinical trial.

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified an early step in a cellular process that leads to inflammation in fat cells and may result in type 2 diabetes in people with obesity.

Prior exposure to coronaviruses that cause ordinary colds can boost the immune system’s ability to attack a vulnerable site on the COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Researchers have discovered that free radicals generated at a specific site in non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes, may promote dementia, according to a Weill Cornell Medicine study.

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of any gene in a cell. 

A Weill Cornell Medicine investigator and other members of a technical advisory group to the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund have outlined measures that nations can take to ensure that children’s health is accounted for within climate change goals.