Some cancer cells escape their tumors and stay dormant in other parts of the body before seeding metastases. Columbia researchers have identified a switch that could put the cells back to sleep.
"We actually have another option for keeping our patients safe and minimizing their allergic reactions to foods," Joyce Yu, an associate professor of pediatrics at Columbia University, told USA TODAY.
Charels Drew, MD, earned his doctor of medical science degree at VP&S for research that led to the first large-scale blood bank program in the United States.
A combination of a diabetes drug and a PI3K inhibitor may have potential in preventing melanoma from spreading to the liver, according to a study from Columbia cancer researchers.
Lucky Tran, a science communicator at Columbia, called the potential end of five-day isolation periods “a reckless anti-public-health policy that goes against science and encourages disease spread.”
The CUIMC Healthy Aging Initiative will host its first Healthspan Extension Summit later this spring, highlighting the work of CUIMC researchers in basic, clinical, and population health sciences.
