By learning how the herpesvirus is contagious, College of Veterinary Medicine researchers have paved the way for future drugs. Their study is published in PNAS. (Sept. 13, 2011)
New York 4-H and UnitedHealthcare launched the state's Eat4-Health program at the New York State Fair Aug. 29 to help promote activities for healthy living. (Aug. 30, 2012)
When it comes to chowing down at all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets, thinner people do it differently, finds a new Cornell study. They tend to browse and chew more, use chopsticks and smaller plates. (July 14, 2008)
A $2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging will help researchers translate knowledge in social science into treatments, intervention programs and policies related to pain disorders. (Dec. 7, 2009)
A new study shows that the lack of a certain gene plays a role in some 60,000 breast cancer patients in the United States and 383,000 worldwide. (Aug. 14, 2012)
Researchers at Cornell's Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have discovered how certain signaling molecules in the cell are regulated. (Feb. 4, 2011)
Ronald Harris-Warrick, Cornell professor of neurobiology and behavior, is using stimulus money to study locomotion that may lead to cures for spinal cord injuries. (Nov. 4, 2009)
Michael Kaplitt, a neurosurgeon at Weill Cornell Medical College, talked about his career and research, which includes developing gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, in a talk on campus Oct. 20. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Using a cotton candy machine, a team of physicians and scientists from Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Ithaca campus may have developed a way to create engineered tissue. (Feb. 17, 2009)
Young adults self mutilate to cope with emotional pain, independent of other mental illness, finds Janis Whitlock, who urges doctors and nurses to routinely screen for evidence of such behaviors. (June 8, 2010)