Dr. Frederick Maxfield

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 Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute is speeding early-stage drug development through an innovative collaboration between academia and industry.

$2.8 Million Grant Will Further Research into Cellular Transport, with Potential Applications for Wide Range of Diseases NEW YORK (April 14, 2006) — Renowned for his breakthrough discoveries in intracellular trafficking, Weill Medical College of Cornell University biochemist Dr. Frederick...

A $1.5 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation has established a new research and training program—called Cellular and Molecular Biophysics of Signal Transduction—to be conducted jointly by Weill Medical College and Cornell University in Ithaca. Through this new...