Scientists from Weill Medical College of Cornell have discovered the mechanism by which a renewable source of autologous organ-specific adult bone marrow stem cells may be recruited. While embryonic stem cellsthat is, stem cells derived from embryoshave been the subject of much recent attention and ethical debate, stem cells derived from adult bone marrow may prove to be even more suitable for therapeutic purposes.
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit riders from one end of Tompkins County to the other will see a host of service expansions and improvements this summer, including new routes, expanded hours and weekend service.
Kevin J. McGraw, a biologist at Cornell, knew what female birds and other animals in crowded, resource-scarce environments look for in their mates: males with potential to materially care for females and their offspring.
Most of New York state's vertebrates, from amphibians and reptiles to birds and mammals, have less than 10 percent of their predicted population on state- and federal-protected lands, according to an eight-year study conducted by Cornell University's Department of Natural Resources. "That was a surprise," said Charles Smith, Cornell senior research associate in natural resources, who leads the New York state Gap Analysis Program (GAP), a federally funded, long-term effort to inventory land and water species. New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Cornell Institute for Resource Information Systems contributed to the report. "This tells me that our state agencies have an important management mission ahead of them, and we've got to enlist the public to help. We have to ask ourselves, how do we keep these animals around for future generations to enjoy?" (May 28, 2002)
Actor and human rights activist Danny Glover presented an address at Cornell University's Senior Convocation today (May 25, 2002) to an audience of more than 5,200 graduates and their families. Senior Convocation is part of Cornell's celebratory Commencement weekend.
New York, NY (May 24, 2002) A new study from Weill Cornell Medical College supplies "important missing links" in our knowledge of "the causes, mechanism, and composition" of the scarring that occurs in heart muscle when there is cardiac valvular disease, according to the lead author, Dr. Jeffrey S. Borer. The study suggests possible approaches to preventing scar formation and thus reducing both the risk of heart failure and the need for valve operations. Published in a recent issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, the study is a product of Weill Cornell's Howard Gilman Institute for Valvular Heart Diseases, of which Dr. Borer is a Director.Dr. Borer, who is also the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Weill Cornell Medical Center, said that although physicians have long known that a leaking aortic valve will lead to the formation of scar tissue in the heart muscle, their knowledge has been incomplete as to what causes this scarring and what might be done about it.
Overweight mothers who exercise daily a year after the birth of their first child are, on average, 12 pounds lighter than overweight mothers who rarely work out, reports a new study from Cornell University.
Since 1989, the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed recognition program at Cornell University, has been recognizing its own graduating seniors with Senior Recognition Awards. And in true Tradition spirit, say the program's administrators, the 10 senior fellows who have been honored with these awards for their community service and leadership efforts will use their monetary winnings to benefit others. The Cornell Tradition was established in 1982 through an anonymous gift of $7 million. It awards 600 fellowships each year to Cornell undergraduate students based on their work experience, campus and/or community service, leadership and academic achievement. And, as in past years, Cornell Tradition fellows are well represented among Cornell students who have won other prestigious awards, scholarships and fellowships, nationally, at Cornell and in the Ithaca community. (May 22, 2002)
Cornell University engineering undergraduates swept the competition again this year at the annual five-day International Formula SAE collegiate design and motorsports competition at the Pontiac, Mich., Silverdome, which ended May 19.