For the first time, advanced neurological imaging suggests the brains of minimally conscious patients recognize and respond to speech in ways similar to healthy individuals, according to a team of researchers. (Feb. 7, 2005)
An address by Ellen Hart Pe&241;a, wife of United States Secretary of Transportation Federico Pe–a, will highlight activities during Health Awareness Week on the Cornell campus, Feb. 10 through Feb. 14.
Previous attempts in mice to correct a rare inherited immune disorder, called Hyper IgM X-linked immunodeficiency, have failed because standard gene therapy raised risks for cancer. Now Weill Cornell Medical College researchers believe they've found a way around that problem.
Being a nursing assistant in a long-term care facility is one of the most demanding jobs in America, says a Cornell gerontologist. These professionals require emotional strength and interpersonal skill as they confront on-the-job suffering, dementia and mortality every day.
A new study using an old, misunderstood technique -- hypnotic suggestion -- finds the brain can override responses experts have long assumed to be ingrained and automatic, such as reading. (Aug. 1, 2005)
Representatives from a dozen agricultural universities and research facilities from around the world finished a three-day meeting April 11 at Cornell to hammer out details on an alliance to improve diets worldwide.
In a significant scientific achievement, physicians and scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have successfully employed preimplantation genetic diagnosis for retinoblastoma, resulting in the world's first babies born free of the deadly eye cancer. The news appears in this month's issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
Vaccines that train the immune system to seek out and destroy malignant cells are at the cutting edge of cancer treatment. Now, joint research – conducted by researchers at Weill Medical Cornell and at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Branch in New York – has pinpointed two proteins that seem ideal targets for a vaccine against multiple myeloma.
An address by Jackson Katz, founder and director of MVP Strategies Inc., an organization that provides gender violence prevention training and materials to the U.S. military services, colleges, high schools, law enforcement agencies, community organizations and corporations, will highlight activities during Health Awareness Week on the Cornell.
Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Report Findings of Phase I Clinical Trial of Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer.