Deficiency of a protein in the hippocampus is a major cause of age-related memory loss, and this form of memory loss is reversible, according to Columbia researchers.
ColumbiaDoctors Midtown, the new facility for the Columbia faculty practice, won a best in category award for ambulatory care in the 2013 Healthcare Interior Design Competition, held by the International Interior Design Association.
The “pharmacy murders,” as they became known, shed light on a drug epidemic that has remained under the radar compared with the cocaine and heroin epidemics of the recent past, even though opioid analgesics can be just as addictive as heroin.
An Egyptian Tomb Bat near the site of the first known case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was found to harbor the virus for the disease, report researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity.
More than 60 students from the P&S Class of 2016 spent their summers conducting research through fellowships awarded by the National Institutes of Health and nonprofit organizations.
