News from WCM

A large prospective, randomized clinical trial in patients with advanced breast cancer has found that the use of liquid biopsy blood tests for early detection of a treatment-resistance mutation, followed by a switch to a new type of treatment, substantially extends the period of tumor control compared to standard care.

A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) provides fresh insights about how cancers evolve when they metastasize — insights that could aid in developing strategies to improve the effectiveness of treatment.

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are expanding the understanding of how the BCG treatment for early bladder cancer works.

Four Weill Cornell Medicine investigators received the Ritu Banga Healthcare Disparities Research Awards, recognizing innovative research that will help close care gaps in clinical settings.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body’s immune system, for years sometimes.

On May 15, Weill Cornell Medicine honored Class of 2025 graduates from Weill Cornell Medical College and the Weill Cornell Graduate School.

A new artificial intelligence-based method accurately sorts cancer patients into groups that have similar characteristics before treatment and similar outcomes after treatment, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Tirzepatide (trade name Zepbound) promoted greater weight loss in individuals with obesity than did semaglutide (trade name Wegovy) in a clinical trial led by an investigator at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian that compared the safety and efficacy of the injectable drugs. 

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar awarded Cornell University medical degrees to 45 new doctors during the institution’s commencement ceremony May 7.

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a projected $4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct a clinical trial testing whether a new imaging approach could reduce the need for biopsies to monitor prostate cancer.

Using machine learning technology, a new study has identified three distinct profiles describing social and economic factors that are associated with a higher risk of suicide.

A tiny chemical modification commonly found on messenger RNAs plays a surprisingly large role in how cells respond to stress, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

More than 170 Weill Cornell Medicine leaders, donors, students and alumni gathered May 1 to celebrate the completion of the institution’s new $260 million student residence—and the reveal of its official name.

The Griffis Faculty Club buzzed with excitement as doctoral students from the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences presented their research, drawing peers, faculty and alumni to the 44th annual Vincent du Vigneaud Symposium on April 24.

Teams of health care providers called Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program have saved Medicare between $4.1 billion and $8.1 billion from 2012 through 2019, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators are developing a new test for TB that circumvents many of the current diagnostic challenges.

A major new effort at Weill Cornell Medicine seeks to catalog the normal human virome, the immense ecosystem of viruses that lives in and on us.

Three distinguished Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Matthew Greenblatt, Dr. Lishomwa Ndhlovu and Dr. Sallie Permar, have been elected to the prestigious Association of American Physicians (AAP).

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they divide, a key process in keeping cells healthy. Using yeast, the researchers reveal protein interactions that could explain how the enzyme telomerase is tightly regulated to prevent cells from dividing uncontrollably or aging prematurely.

The way DNA folds inside the nucleus of brain cells may hold the key to understanding a devastating form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, suggests a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.