Weill Cornell video series spotlights culture of mentorship

Weill Cornell Medical College is launching a video series highlighting its culture of mentorship, an essential ingredient of excellent health care, research and education.

Students present their research at 30th CURB forum

Studying everything from potential medicine to the aromatic properties of popular beverages, about 120 undergraduates put project posters on display April 22 at the 30th Annual Spring Research Forum.

Skin-repair startup joins McGovern Center incubator

Repairogen, the newest startup company in the Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development incubator, promises to repair sun-damaged skin - and someday possibly prevent skin cancer.

Cell’s protein-making machines shift modes under stress

Cornell researchers have discovered that the cell’s protein-making machinery, called ribosomes, exists in a hybrid form to meet different needs encountered under normal and stressed conditions.

Uniquely human 'pain of altruism' recruits help in childbirth

Human mothers’ experience of pain and the expression of distress occur today because human ancestors who cried for help survived in greater numbers, according a hypothesis by Cornell psychologist Barbara L. Finlay.

Discovery of genetic mutations may lead to lymphoma therapy

An international team of researchers has discovered a pair of genetic mutations that drive tumor growth in patients who have a deadly subtype of T-cell lymphoma. The findings could lead to new targeted therapies for this aggressive disease.

New research amends earlier triple negative breast cancer finding

Weill Cornell Medical College investigators have invalidated a previously reported molecular finding on triple negative breast cancer that many hoped would lead to targeted treatments for the aggressive disease.

Two students win 2015 Udall scholarships

Fredrick Blaisdell '16 and Steven Ingram '16 have received 2015 Udall scholarships, for students who show potential for careers in environmental public policy, health care and tribal public policy.

Study: Partial knee replacement surgery tops full replacement

Partial knee replacements are superior economically to total knee replacements in older adults, new research from Weill Cornell Medical College and Hospital for Special Surgery investigators suggests.