High school students who participated in a new community health education program created by a Columbia medical student celebrated their accomplishments at a graduation event.
A new study reveals how bone marrow stem cell niche generation is regulated, which could lead to improvements in stem cell transplantation for the treatment of blood diseases.
“This has potential for human health, where we can understand better how to make cell replacement therapies,” said Kristin Baldwin, an author of the study and a neuroscientist at Columbia University.
According to Daichi Shimbo, a cardiologist at Columbia University and the study's lead author, this research marks a step toward understanding how different negative emotions affect physical health.
Arthur G. Palmer and Oliver Hobert of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics were selected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in research.
A study co-led by Columbia scientists suggests a nutrient transporter located at the blood-brain barrier could be commandeered to sneak therapeutic drugs into the brain.
Columbia researchers have found that cells inside clogged arteries have cancer-like properties that aggravate atherosclerosis, and anticancer drugs could be a new treatment.
The new program, run by Columbia's emergency medicine and ob/gyn departments, is designed for physicians interested in developing expertise in climate change and health care sustainability.
Warning letters from Medicare sent to high prescribers reduced prescriptions of risky antipsychotics for elderly people with dementia without negatively affecting patient health.