Weill Cornell Medicine received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop innovative support strategies for an understudied group of cancer patients: adolescents and young adults.
The new freezing method – 30 times faster than current protocols – could be used to improve assisted reproduction in humans or animals or to conserve biodiversity.
Cornell researchers developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently developed CRISPR-based genetic technique in fruit flies, enabling researchers to better study how genes contribute to development and disease.
The finding gives New York state another tool to locate and understand the behavior of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon, an iconic species decimated by overfishing.
Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete – and cheat on – their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students.
Amid concern about democratic backsliding globally, the center will mobilize scholars to strengthen democracy through rigorous research, democratic education and public engagement.
Targeting tumor-specific inflammatory processes in colorectal cancer could enhance the efficacy of some anticancer therapies and prevent drug resistance, Weill Cornell researchers have found.
