A proof of principle study in mice, six years in the making, shows how targeting a natural checkpoint in meiosis, the process by which sex cells reproduce, safely stopped sperm production.
Researchers at Cornell's Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared logic and often perform the same jobs.
Cornell researchers have uncovered a built-in molecular “gate” that controls the production of the molecule nitric oxide, a crucial signaling molecule throughout biology that in humans helps regulate blood pressure, brain signaling, and immune defenses. But when levels go unchecked, it can damage cells and disrupt normal signaling.
Rebecca Stup ’23, MS ’26, has been exploring planting wildflower strips along farmland as a strategy to increase biodiversity, attract pollinators and combat weeds.
Susan Henry, former dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a molecular geneticist whose breakthroughs in understanding cell metabolism contributed to advances in human pharmaceuticals, died March 7 at age 79.
Cornell researchers have discovered a new way cells regulate how they respond to stress, identifying an interaction between two proteins that helps keep a critical cellular recycling system in balance.
Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save for the future in the annual Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.
Immunotherapy has not worked well against fibrolamellar carcinoma, but a new study finds an existing FDA-approved drug may allow the treatment to fight the cancer as intended.