'Bookmarks' on stem cell genes preserve cell identity

Stem cells preserve their identities after cell division by using a series of protein "bookmarks" on their genes, according to new research published by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Researchers ID drug that blocks some blood cancers

A compound identified by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists inhibits the growth of a rare blood cancer found in people with HIV-AIDS.

Weill Cornell Medicine doctoral students present their work

At the 37th Annual Vincent du Vigneaud Memorial Symposium April 18, posters displayed research from students at every stage along the path to a doctorate.

Study reveals how HIV virus destroys lung tissue

Up to 30 percent of HIV patients who are appropriately treated with antiretroviral therapies develop emphysema. New research from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has uncovered a mechanism that might explain why this lung damage occurs.

Students learn to commercialize medical technologies

The Bench to Bedside Initiative program, part of Weill Cornell Medicine's entrepreneurship lab, helps medical and doctoral students, clinicians and researchers launch technologies into startups.

New method more accurately models colorectal cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have developed a preclinical model of colorectal cancer in which the disease forms in the correct anatomical location.

Jewish studies' lecturer Sampson is an NYC hero

Elissa Sampson, visiting scholar and lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, will be honored May 18 with a Lower East Side Community Hero Award in New York City.

The Bridge architects talk design, academe and industry

Marion Weiss and Michael A. Manfredi, M.Arch. '80, cofounders of the Weiss/Manfredi architecture and landscape firm, gave an inside look at their design process of The Bridge at Cornell Tech.

Real estate titans talk development in changing world

Students and real estate professionals got a refreshingly honest view of the competitive and contentious world of development April 28 in NYC at a panel discussion.