Folate, a B vitamin, may treat inherited myopathies

Mitochondrial depletion syndrome accounts for about 11 percent of the cases of children born with common myopathies, but a new Cornell finding may lead to a nutrition-based treatment. (Sept. 21, 2011)

Researchers win $3 million NIH grant to fight cancer

Three researchers have been awarded a five-year Transformative Research Projects Award of about $3.04 million to fight cancer by targeting the regulation of metabolic enzymes. (Sept. 21, 2011)

Flu vaccine clinics begin on campus Sept. 22

Free flu vaccine clinics for students, staff and faculty with Cornell ID begin on campus Sept. 22. (Sept. 19, 2011)

Senior living seminar offered on two weekends; sponsored by Health Care REIT

The School of Hotel Administration and the Sloan Program in Health Administration have a collaboration with Health Care REIT Inc. The company will sponsor a two-credit senior living course this fall. (Sept. 14, 2011)

Book gives the skinny on wide-ranging obesity research

Professor John Cawley is the editor of 912-page volume, 'The Oxford Handbook of The Social Science of Obesity' (2011), a new 'Rosetta stone' on the causes and consequences of obesity. (Sept. 14, 2011)

Discovery could lead to ways to halt spread of herpesvirus

By learning how the herpesvirus is contagious, College of Veterinary Medicine researchers have paved the way for future drugs. Their study is published in PNAS. (Sept. 13, 2011)

New dean, Dr. Laurie Glimcher, will lead Weill Cornell expansion of medical research

Dr. Laurie Glimcher, a leading physician-scientist and researcher, has been named Cornell's provost for medical affairs and the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean at Weill Cornell Medical College effective Jan. 1, 2012. (Sept. 7, 2011)

Cornell Perspectives: The Cancer Resource Center thanks Cornell for its collaborative efforts

Bob Riter, executive director of the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, thanks Cornell for all its support for Cancer Resource Center activities. (Sept. 2, 2011)

Simply eating a lighter lunch can prompt weight loss

A new study finds that people don't compensate by eating more later in the day or week when they eat lighter lunches. Thus, light lunches can result in weight loss, researchers say. (Aug. 22, 2011)