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Columbia’s Dian Yang is placing CRISPR-based molecular recorders into cancer cells to eavesdrop on cancer evolution and pinpoint when and how cells metastasize.
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Misinformation and outdated beliefs about screening tests, treatment options, and effects on sexual health continue to cloud understanding about this disease.
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The Columbia community gathered in the Hudson Valley for the eighth annual Velocity: Columbia’s Ride to End Cancer. This year’s event raised more than $1 million and attracted nearly 600 participants.
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Columbia researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells.
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- September 21, 2023
The breast imaging and surgical breast care programs are collecting items to create care packages for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
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- August 3, 2023
In animal studies, warfarin, a widely used blood thinner, shrinks tumors by promoting a self-destruct mechanism in cancer cells.
- July 28, 2023
Columbia cancer researchers have discovered how melanoma can hide from our immune system, pointing to ways drug developers might restore the tumor’s vulnerability.
- July 13, 2023
The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research announced four new Herbert and Florence Irving Scholars for the 2023-2026 cohort.
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- June 30, 2023
An oral microbiologist who collaborates with dentists and doctors discovers what our bodies already knew: Everything is connected.
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- June 14, 2023
The School of Nursing's Phoenix Matthews shares how they merged once-separate identities as psychologist and activist to fight cancer-related health disparities in underserved populations.
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- April 14, 2023
Columbia researchers have shined new light on how the “dark” part of the genome allows cancer cells to be detected by the immune system, which could lead to better immunotherapies.
- March 9, 2023
Columbia’s researchers have opened a trial of a noninvasive, focused ultrasound approach to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling higher concentrations of an effective drug to enter the brain.
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- February 23, 2023
In the past decade, physicians have recommended that women undergoing some surgeries have their fallopian tubes removed at the same time to prevent ovarian cancer.
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- January 20, 2023
Columbia expert Dr. Fatemeh Momen-Heravi shares facts about HPV-related cancer risk factors and prevention.
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