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Columbia Cancer Researchers Join Fight Against Coronavirus

April 3, 2020

Scientists at Columbia's Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center are using technologies developed to study cancer to look for drugs to treat COVID-19 and disarm the virus.

Topic

COVID-19
Starving Pancreatic Cancer of Cysteine May Kill Tumor Cells

April 2, 2020

In a new study of mice, Columbia researchers found that an experimental drug that breaks down an amino acid slows pancreatic tumor growth by causing ferroptosis, an unusual form of cell death.

Topic

Cancer
New PBS Documentary, “The Gene,” Features CUIMC Faculty

April 2, 2020

Based on the book by Columbia oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee, the documentary also features Wendy Chung, David Goldstein, Samuel Sternberg, and Nancy Wexler. The two-part series airs April 7 and 14.

Topic

Precision Medicine
Patient Has Virus and Serious Cancer. Should Doctors Withhold Ventilator?

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The New York Times

April 1, 2020

“Usually, the standard is to intubate and do CPR and do all those things,” said Dr. Angela Mills, chief of emergency medical services at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Columbia Develops Ventilator-Sharing Protocol for COVID-19 Patients

April 1, 2020

Columbia doctors developed a protocol for treating two COVID-19 patients with a single ventilator.

Topic

COVID-19
New COVID-19 Biobank at Columbia Opens for Researchers

March 31, 2020

Columbia has established a COVID-19 Biobank to collect and disseminate biological specimens and clinical data for researchers at Columbia University and elsewhere.

Topic

COVID-19
Viral Columbia Podcast Keeps Listeners Up to Date on Coronavirus

March 31, 2020

The scientists behind the podcast, “This Week in Virology,” vet the latest information about COVID-19 for the public and physicians.

Topic

Infectious Diseases
Why scientists need to learn more about how COVID-19 behaves within a human body

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PBS NEWSHOUR

March 31, 2020

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the dynamics of the virus within people it has infected and the need to buy medical researchers time to develop treatments.
Coronavirus Update: Survivors' Antibodies Offering Hope For COVID-19 Patients

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CBS New York

March 30, 2020

Covid Donor #1, a Covid-19 survivor, offers her plasma for study at Columbia University.
Columbia Opens Fever and Cough Clinic

March 30, 2020

Columbia established a fever and cough clinic where people with respiratory symptoms can see a health care provider and, if clinically warranted, be tested for COVID-19.

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Infectious Diseases

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