Using a chemical "toolset" it developed, a Cornell group reports the ability to track a single protein's response to a chemical, which has implications in the emerging field of precision medicine.
The university launched the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease, an organization that connects the community of Cornell researchers studying host-microbe biology and disease.
Study probes how DNA unwrapping and the release of protein are linked inside the macromolecular complex known as the nucleosome core particle, which could inform therapeutic strategies for cancer.
Cornell and Weill Cornell Medicine researchers report on the use of biomaterials-based organoids in an attempt to reproduce immune-system events and gain a better understanding of B cells.
A Cornell research group reports that a mechanical factor - stiffening of a cancer cell and its matrix - and not a chemical cause could contribute to metastasis in some forms of cancer.
Barbara Knuth announced Dec. 12 that graduate students who hold DACA status and receive funding through the university will continue to receive funding for the complete length of time they were offered in their admissions letters.
Researchers from Cornell, Dartmouth say the ability to recall something, to implicitly know it, can be blocked when attempts are made to remember specific details, creating a "feeling-of-not-knowing."