Cornell biologists have shown how chemicals produced in a core region of the brain shared by all vertebrate animals (including humans) make males act like males, females like females -- and some males something like females.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- When their veterinarian said Shasta could die within the year, the Hoffmans were devastated and they faced a tough decision. Should they give up the 6-month-old German shepherd for research into a canine disorder that may parallel some forms of human Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)? Or should they let their own kids enjoy the seemingly healthy puppy while she lived? Cardiac arrhythmias in sleeping dogs are pointing to one possible cause of SIDS in humans. Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University have found that some German shepherds have an inherited abnormality that predisposes them to sudden death at an early age.
State Assemblyman Martin A. Luster is holding a series of town meetings in the 125th District. Henrik N. Dullea, vice president for university relations prepared the following remarks for delivery at a town meeting in the Council Chambers of City Hall in Cortland.
Knowing why the groundhog comes out of hibernation in early February may have more import than predicting winter's end, Cornell researchers have found. Groundhogs have more dramatic annual biological rhythms than nearly all other mammals and are a perfect animal model for studying them.
NEW YORK (May 18, 2005) -- Three New York City biomedical research institutions -- The Rockefeller University, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) -- will receive $50 million over three years from The Starr Foundation to develop new resources and expertise in stem cell research.
A new synthesis and public-information program starting up at Cornell University will examine the environmental risk factors -- including exposure to chemical pesticides -- for breast cancer in women of New York and the United States. Prompted by concern from U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) about higher-than-average "clusters" of breast cancer in some regions of the state, the Cornell program will interpret and disseminate research information on both the established and suspected risk factors for the disease.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today (Sept. 16) it will award Cornell University $2.2 million over the next four years to continue and expand its Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers (CIBT) and undergraduate Hughes Scholars programs.
Having his acclaimed book of literary criticism, "The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition," ranked as No. 25 in the Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction books written in English during the past 100 years doesn't seem to have fazed M.H. (Mike) Abrams.