Collaboration to infuse human behavior into epidemiological models

Six Cornell faculty members from three different colleges will work together to improve epidemiological models of infectious disease, including by better incorporating human behavior into the models, using a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Proteins could lead to early breast cancer diagnosis, treatment

A team of researchers has discovered a non-invasive biomarker that could aid with earlier diagnosis of breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, which will likely affect one in 13 women during their lives.

$61M grant funds translational science at Weill Cornell Medicine

This is the largest federal grant ever awarded to Weill Cornell Medicine and the fourth consecutive time this initiative has been funded by the NIH, representing 20 years of continuous funding.

Cells help immune system tolerate friendly gut bacteria

Immune cells called group 3 innate lymphoid cells play an essential role in establishing tolerance to symbiotic microbes that dwell in the human gastrointestinal tract, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Cornell partners in $12.5M grant examining aging between males and females

Cornell is co-leading a five-year, $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to form the IISAGE Biology Integration Institute aimed at identifying mechanisms and evolution of sex differences between females and males in aging.

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New technique boosts online medical search results

A Cornell-led group of researchers has developed an online search method that employs natural language processing to identify terms that are semantically similar to those for cancer screening tests, but in colloquial language.

Researchers identify the target of immune attacks on liver cells

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers helps to explain the dynamics underlying liver damage that can accompany type 2 diabetes and obesity. 

Vaccination exposes latent HIV in lab studies

Vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine revealed HIV hiding in immune cells in blood from people with HIV, according to lab research led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Brooks School Dean Colleen Barry joins the Sandy Hook Promise Board of Directors

Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy Dean Colleen L. Barry has joined the board of Sandy Hook Promise. The organization is working for a future where children are free from shootings and acts of violence in their schools, homes, and communities.

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