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Through a trial offered at Columbia, a patient who is ineligible for existing treatments is the first to receive an experimental gene therapy.
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Columbia scientists have found that breast cancer patients who are HIV-positive are 40% more likely to have triple-negative breast cancer—the most aggressive subtype—than patients without HIV.
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Norovirus, the most common stomach bug in the United States, makes the rounds every winter. Our expert GI doctor gives tips on how to avoid this highly contagious illness and what to do if you get it.
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Researchers have learned how to stimulate the immune system in animal models to produce large quantities of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV—a prerequisite for an effective vaccine.
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- August 28, 2018
The first-line treatment for malaria in no longer effective in Cambodia, and a new report from Columbia researchers has identified the likely culprit.
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- August 27, 2018
Columbia researchers are developing an optical fiber system that uses a type of UV light to sterilize areas around skin-penetrating medical devices.
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- July 3, 2018
Columbia immunologists have found a clue to how the body’s immune system shuts down and allows an infection to spiral into sepsis.
- May 1, 2018
New images show that MRSA bacteria bunch up in the nooks of the lung’s air sacs, where they evade one of the lung’s defense mechanisms.
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- April 20, 2018
A Mailman study of New York City mice found that they harbor multiple pathogenic bacteria, including some with an array of antimicrobial resistance genes.
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- March 1, 2018
Mailman scientists have developed a system that accurately predicts—six weeks in advance—the geographic spread of seasonal influenza in the United States.
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- February 9, 2018
A type of ultraviolet light that is harmless to humans could be a new weapon against the spread of flu virus in public spaces.
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- January 17, 2018
Across the country, the worst of the flu season will be over by early February, according to a computer model developed by Mailman School scientists.
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- January 12, 2018
A study that identifies a litany of mutations that allow the malaria-causing parasite to become resistant to drugs has also identified potential new ways to kill the parasite.
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TED TalkDecember 14, 2017At TED 2017, CUMC radiation scientist David Brenner discussed his work using physics to create a new, potentially life-saving weapon against drug-resistant microbes.
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