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Obese Men at High Risk for Prostate Cancer Even After Benign Biopsy

April 23, 2013

A study from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health is one of the first assessments of the link between obesity and precancerous abnormalities in biopsy tissue samples.

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Cancer
Hepatitis C-like Viruses Identified in Bats and Rodents

April 22, 2013

In two new papers investigators at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) report the discovery of hepaciviruses and pegiviruses—close relatives of HCV—in rodents and bats.

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Infectious Diseases
Study Identifies Hundreds of Potential Drug Targets to Starve Cancer

April 21, 2013

A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer.

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Cancer
Rethinking Public Health Education

April 20, 2013

Last fall, the Mailman School rolled out a revolutionary new MPH curriculum. Here's how it got done and why.

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Public Health
High Levels of Glutamate in Brain May Kick-Start Schizophrenia

April 17, 2013

Excess glutamate in the brain may spur psychosis in those at risk for schizophrenia, report CUMC investigators in a study published in Neuron.

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Neurology
Alzheimer Research Forum: Alzheimer's Gene Scan in African-Americans Confirms, Reshuffles AlzGene List(link is external and opens in a new window)

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Alzheimer Research Forum

April 10, 2013

African-Americans carrying a variant in a cholesterol-processing gene, ABCA7, have double the risk for Alzheimer’s than non-carriers. A new study led by CUMC's Richard Mayeux; first author Christiane Reitz.

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Aging
Members of the CUMC Community Campaign to Support NIH Funding

April 10, 2013

Faculty, staff, and students at CUMC are speaking out-- and rallying-- against NIH funding cuts, mandated by the sequester.

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Research
Four Physician-Scientists Named 2013 Gerstner Scholars

April 10, 2013

Four young physician-researchers at P&S have received research funding from the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholar Program.

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Campus News
New York Times: African-Americans Have Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s, Study Shows(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The New York Times

April 9, 2013

African-Americans with Alzheimer’s disease were slightly more likely to have one gene, ABCA7, that is thought to confer risk for the disease. CUMC's Dr. Richard Mayeux led the study.

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Neurology
New Gene Associated with Almost Doubled Alzheimer’s Risk in African-Americans

April 9, 2013

The largest genome-wide search for Alzheimer’s genes in African-Americans has found that African-Americans with a variant of the ABCA7 gene have almost double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

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Genetics

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Obese Men at High Risk for Prostate Cancer Even After Benign Biopsy

Hepatitis C-like Viruses Identified in Bats and Rodents

Study Identifies Hundreds of Potential Drug Targets to Starve Cancer

Rethinking Public Health Education

High Levels of Glutamate in Brain May Kick-Start Schizophrenia

Alzheimer Research Forum: Alzheimer's Gene Scan in African-Americans Confirms, Reshuffles AlzGene List(link is external and opens in a new window)

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Members of the CUMC Community Campaign to Support NIH Funding

Four Physician-Scientists Named 2013 Gerstner Scholars

New York Times: African-Americans Have Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s, Study Shows(link is external and opens in a new window)

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New Gene Associated with Almost Doubled Alzheimer’s Risk in African-Americans

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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