Chemotherapy activates a stress sensor in immune cells, which may help explain why many cancer patients experience debilitating pain as a side effect, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and Wake Forest University researchers.
Hypertension impairs blood vessels, neurons and white matter in the brain well before the condition causes a measurable rise in blood pressure, according to a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified an early step in a cellular process that leads to inflammation in fat cells and may result in Type 2 diabetes in people with obesity.
The event, hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City, also included a pitch contest among businesses with connections to Weill Cornell Medicine or Cornell Tech.
A three-year, $4.5 million grant will support a three-pronged research project to map the brain circuits that contribute to mood shifts in bipolar disorder and help develop personalized therapies for the condition.
