Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have determined the full-length structure and function of a blood pressure-regulating hormone receptor, which may enable better drug targeting of the receptor for diseases such as hypertension and heart failure.
A new book authored by researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) argues that India needs to rethink its social safety nets in order to address these issues and realize its full potential.
A new protocol can detect and remove fake data created by bots and humans attempting to enroll in online research studies, in order to prevent biased results and unwarranted payments to bad actors – the first such protocol specifically designed for data collected in rural communities.
The new injectable weight-loss drug reduced the risk of diabetes in patients with obesity and prediabetes by more than 90% over a three-year period, compared with placebo.
For the first time, scientists have tracked the dispersion of the Oropouche virus in the Brazilian Amazon region, an important first step to control future outbreaks of a disease with more than 100,000 reported cases since the 1960s.
The hormone estrogen regulates binge drinking in females, causing them to “pregame” – consume large quantities of alcohol in the first 30 minutes after it’s offered, according to a preclinical study led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.
The secret to cellular youth may depend on keeping the nucleolus – a condensed structure inside the nucleus of a cell – small, according to Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
The process of identifying promising small molecule drug candidates that target cancer checkpoints may become faster and smarter through virtual screening, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.