The New York State Senate has honored Tashara M. Leak, associate professor and associate dean of Cornell Human Ecology in New York City, as a 2025 Woman of Distinction.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center provide fresh insights about how cancers evolve when they metastasize – insights that could aid in developing strategies to improve the effectiveness of treatment.
A clinical trial in patients with advanced breast cancer has found the use of liquid biopsy blood tests for early detection of a treatment-resistant mutation, followed by a new type of treatment, substantially extends the period of tumor control.
At their spring banquet, students in the Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program hear from a speaker who helps foster creative and critical thinking skills.
Eventual proof of a clear association between genes that express a salivary enzyme and Type 2 diabetes could lead to genetically testing people at birth to predict their susceptibility.
The threat of mosquito-borne diseases, which climate change is expected to exacerbate, highlights local politics’ pivotal and understudied role in public health.
A new material developed at Cornell could significantly improve the delivery and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines – used to fight COVID-19 – by replacing a commonly used ingredient that may trigger unwanted immune responses in some people.
Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain’s wiring supports the way we think and act.
The WHO Pandemic Agreement directly addresses the risk of zoonotic spillovers — transmission of pathogens from animals to humans. With over a million undiscovered viruses in animal hosts, Raina Plowright and her colleagues urge swift action.