News from WCM

A book of photos expresses gratitutde to Dr. Pak Chung, who for two decades helped parents have their babies.

A high-fat diet increases prostate cancer tumor progression in mice by mimicking the effects of a cancer-promoting gene and may contribute to more aggressive cancer in humans, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators.

The protein adipsin, which is produced in body fat, helps protect insulin-secreting cells called pancreatic beta cells from destruction in type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. 

Empowering NYC nannies to better care for children—and themselves

A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread—or metastasis—to the brain, has been identified by a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian investigators. The protein, CEMIP, will now be a focus of efforts to predict, prevent and treat brain metastases, which are a frequent cause of cancer deaths.

Personalized medical interventions to improve cardiovascular, metabolic and other modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease may improve cognitive function, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. 

For patients with a genetic syndrome that predisposes them to many cancers, a new vaccine could be a lifesaver

New cellular and molecular processes underlying communication between gut microbes and brain cells have been described for the first time by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

Dr. Nicole Serlé Henwood is fighting to find a cure for her son’s rare disease.

A set of powerful laboratory and computational techniques developed by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine, the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and the Broad Institute will enable investigators to map the capacity of tumors to develop resistance to drugs and drug combinations. 

A high-salt diet may negatively affect cognitive function by causing a deficiency of the compound nitric oxide, which is vital for maintaining vascular health in the brain, according to a new study in mice from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. 

In the roughly 100 years since Alois Alzheimer first described the devastating neurodegenerative disease that now bears his name, scientists have developed an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the brain. 

More than 80 Weill Cornell Medicine students, faculty and senior leadership gathered Oct. 7 at Weill Cornell Medicine for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Feil Family Student Center, which occupies renovated first and second floors in the main campus buildings on York Avenue. The state-of-the-art center was made possible by a $12.5 million gift from the Feil Family.

Dr. Hagen Tilgner is exploring how faulty building instructions for brain cells may give rise to depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and more

Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have built the first 3-D-printed automated synthesis units (ASUs) for producing customized radioactive drugs.

Researchers in Doha and New York are collaborating to explore the Qatari genome.

Lupus can cause severe pregnancy complications — but a recent study offers hope for better outcomes

Weill Cornell Medicine hosted the first-ever National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being  Sept. 18-19, in partnership with the Association of American Medical Colleges, Associated Medical Schools of New York and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,  

Turning a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure into an entertaining superhero adventure helps prepare young children for the test and reduces the need for sedation.

A set of definitions for distinguishing the severity of bleeding in critically ill children has been developed by a team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.