Master gardeners test for best NYS vegetable varieties

Across 37 counties, Cornell Cooperative Extension master gardeners are growing and evaluating select vegetables to find what grows best in New York state.  

Tumor organoid tech advances toward a sci-fi future

Two studies advance precision medicine and point to the more routine use of tumor organoids as models for evaluating and optimizing cancer treatments.

$2.5M Department of Defense grant funds triple-negative breast cancer therapies

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a three-year, $2.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to develop therapies with fewer side effects for triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat breast cancers.

Common diet tips about water intake and spicy foods could be dead wrong

A pair of studies from a Cornell nutrition scientist upend two pieces of received wisdom: that drinking more water at meals curbs eating, and that spicy snacks are a diet danger zone.

The diet that could remake modern agriculture

New study asserts that systematic change in food production and consumption requires real political capital and will.

Discovery could lead to drug therapy for hypopigmentation conditions

An NSAID-related compound called ampyrone appears to safely boost production of the pigment melanin in human skin, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and National Eye Institute investigators.

Cancer evolution study reveals biology of glioma progression

Glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress toward greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of the glioma cells to transform into immature, stem-cell-like states.

Demystifying the molecular mechanisms of general anesthesia

Researchers have identified a site where a commonly used anesthetic binds to sodium ion channels, revealing a molecular mechanism that may explain how these drugs dampen communication between neurons.

AI research team could streamline clinical trial design

An artificial intelligence system that operates like a collaborative team of medical experts could accelerate clinical trial design, one of the most difficult steps in drug development.