Surrounded by friends and family, 106 students in the Class of 2029 participated in Weill Cornell Medical College’s annual White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 12, officially marking the beginning of their medical education.
Researchers have developed a rapid, cell-free method for building nanoparticle vaccines that mimic viruses at the molecular level, a technique that could pave the way for faster, more adaptable immunization strategies against deadly viruses like Nipah.
Dr. Daniel R. Alonso, dean emeritus of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar and professor emeritus of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, died July 31 in Norfolk, Va., at age 88.
Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of a roundworm used extensively in biological research, opening a new pathway for synthetic biologists to build and test genetic changes in a multicellular animal species.
Cornell researchers have found that peaceful microbes are more likely to thrive, and their more aggressive peers perish, if their environment is harsh or experiences violent disruptions.
By understanding differences in how people’s brains are wired, clinicians may be able to predict who’d benefit from a self-guided anxiety care app, according to a clinical trial co-led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
Weill Cornell Medicine researcher Nancy Du received a $500,000 grant from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs at the U.S. Department of Defense, but a stop-work order brought her research to a halt in April.
In an increasingly complex food system, ensuring the safety of fruits and vegetables requires collaboration between grocery chains like Wegmans, Cornell and government agencies.
Cornell researchers have been building decision-support tools, optimization methods and artificial intelligence approaches to help the U.S. Navy and Marines quickly and effectively transport people and supplies – including blood for transfusions – in the event of an overseas conflict or humanitarian disaster.
Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans, according to a new study co-authored by Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research Ariel Avgar, Ph.D. ’08, and Dr. Madeline Sterling, A&S ’08, associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and director of ILR’s Initiative on Home Care Work.