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An engineer and a physician are working together to pioneer a new approach using focused ultrasound to treat dozens of brain diseases.
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A new study forecasts a substantial rise in uterine cancer cases and deaths over the next three decades, with a disproportionate impact on Black women.
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Diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer, Jeffrey Pulver underwent chemo, surgery, and a neobladder at Columbia—just in time to walk his daughter down the aisle, cancer-free, on their family farm.
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Two teams at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are working to train patients’ immune cells to seek and destroy rogue cells that cause cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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- October 11, 2023
The association between neighborhood walkability and obesity-related cancers was stronger among women living in neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty.
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- October 10, 2023
Physician-scientist Neil Vasan brings the perspectives he's gained from classical singing and structural biology to his search for new breast cancer treatments.
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- September 28, 2023
Biomedical engineer Santiago Correa uses his expertise in nanotechnology to create injectable biomaterials that reprogram the body’s immune system to fight cancer, autoimmune disease, and infection.
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- September 27, 2023
When all evidence of cancer disappeared from Catherine Spina’s patient after radiation of a single metastasis, she became convinced that radiotherapy may be key to a new treatment approach.
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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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