Eating fructose appears to alter cells in the digestive tract in a way that enables them to take in more nutrients, according to a preclinical study at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Twenty-six students with businesses ranging from drinking water treatment to alternative medicine to kitchen robots, received fellowships to work on their businesses this summer.
A team led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine has made a map identifying all the different RNA molecules that are derived from each gene in the brains of mice.
An FDA-approved drug that has been in clinical use for more than 70 years may protect against lung injury in severe COVID-19 cases, according to a preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
A study involving researchers from the College of Human Ecology and Weill Cornell Medicine estimates the incidence of elder mistreatment in New York state and advances understanding of key risk factors.
The degree to which the brain’s wiring aligns with its patterns of activity can vary with sex and age, and may be genetic, suggests a Weill Cornell Medicine-led study, which also finds that this alignment may have implications on cognition.
A two-year, $200,000 grant from the USDA and the Extension Foundation to Cornell researchers aims to help promote vaccine confidence and uptake in vulnerable communities in eight New York counties, both upstate and downstate.
The World Organization for Early Childhood Education has appointed Kimberly Kopko, Ph.D. ’05, associate director of extension and outreach in the College of Human Ecology, to represent it at the United Nations.
Women who receive COVID-19 mRNA vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna while in their third trimester of pregnancy generate a strong immune response and pass protective antibodies to their babies.