Boyce Thompson Institute are working to apply a method that boosts beta-carotene into in potatoes to cassava plants. Biofortified cassava could help alleviate vitamin A deficiency in children.
Two Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members, Dr. Francis Lee and Dr. Jane Salmon, were elected to National Academy of Medicine, it was announced Oct. 17.
Uma Bioseed – a Cornell student business startup formed in partnership with another Cornell startup’s technology – won $500,000 in the 43North incubator competition in Buffalo, New York, Oct. 29.
Projects include research on child malnutrition treatment programs in Niger and nutrient management among small livestock-crop systems in Vietnam. (Nov. 13, 2012)
A $5 million gift establishes a new initiative that will use predictive tools to enhance Weill Cornell Medicine's capability to diagnose and treat a variety of illnesses to improve outcomes for patients.
Cornell researchers have discovered mechanisms that control the function of a fat and obesity gene while at the same time answering a long-standing question about how cells respond to stress.
For the first time, Cornell researchers report they have identified biological markers of chronic fatigue syndrome in gut bacteria and inflammatory microbial agents in the blood.
Cornell Professor Brian Wansink and colleagues have launched the Slim by Design Registry. It asks slim people to share their tips about how they stay slim.