“We are thrilled to work with Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons on this cutting-edge research lab that is a first for New York City,” said KPF principal Jill Lerner.
Hung and co-investigator Nadeen Chahine, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, will aim to make a replacement out of stem cells.
That’s one of the first big challenges says Joachim Frank, a structural biologist at Columbia University in New York City who shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on cryo-EM.
Editor's Note: Benjamin Lebwohl, the author of this First Opinion piece, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“Our findings suggest that slower pace of aging mediates part of the relationship of healthy diet with reduced dementia risk," said study first author Aline Thomas.
Editor's Note: Roshni Rao, interviewed here, is the Vivian L. Milstein Associate Professor of Surgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“Prisons are located in hotter places because the idea of incarcerated people suffering from heat fits the punishment ethos of the US system,” said co-author Robbie Parks of Columbia University.
The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has launched a $50 million center to study congenital heart disease in children, the school announced Thursday.