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In Memoriam 2018

December 27, 2018

The CUIMC community extends sympathy to the families and colleagues of faculty and staff who died this year.

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Campus News
Genetic testing for kidney disease may become routine, researchers say

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United Press International

December 27, 2018

"There are multiple genetic causes of chronic kidney disease," Ali Gharavi, chief of nephrology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said in a news release.
For Patients with Kidney Disease, Genetic Testing May Soon Be Routine

December 26, 2018

DNA sequencing can be used to identify the underlying genetic cause of many rare types of chronic kidney disease, leading to better treatment, finds a new study from Columbia University.

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Kidney Disease
Tiny Mitochondria Stimulate Brain Cell Connections, Study Shows

December 24, 2018

Columbia neuroscientists have discovered why mitochondria, tiny power generators that keep our cells healthy, are often strangely shaped inside the brain.

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Neuroscience
Targeted Treatment Slows Progression of Rare Connective Tissue Tumor

December 19, 2018

In a phase three clinical trial, sorafenib stopped progression of desmoid tumors for two years in 80 percent of patients who completed treatment.

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Cancer
Celiac Vaccine in Clinical Trials at Columbia

December 18, 2018

Columbia’s Celiac Disease Center will take part in a clinical trial to test what could be the first vaccine for people with the autoimmune disease.

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Gastroenterology
A New Way To Get College Students Through A Psychiatric Crisis — And Back To School

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NPR Shots

December 18, 2018

But colleges often struggle to provide effective treatment options, says Randy P. Auerbach, an associate professor in the psychiatry department at Columbia University.
2018 in Review

December 18, 2018

Look back at the research and education news from CUIMC that captured the attention of Newsroom readers and the nation's journalists in 2018.

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Research
The Rise of Anxiety Baking

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The Atlantic

December 18, 2018

“Baking is mindful,” says Philip Muskin, a Columbia University psychiatry professor and the secretary of the American Psychiatry Association.
Neurons with Good Housekeeping Are Protected from Alzheimer’s

December 17, 2018

A new study shows how cellular “housekeeping” protects some neurons against the toxic proteins of Alzheimer’s disease and suggests new treatment possibilities.

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Neurology

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