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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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- March 4, 2022
What was learned by researchers during the pandemic has changed the mindset for scientists: “Why do we have to follow the old routine when we see a new paradigm working so well?”
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- March 4, 2022
Children were spared the worst of COVID-19 early on, but they are now suffering psychological consequences from the pandemic’s social upheaval. Here’s what parents and educators can do.
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- March 4, 2022
The COVID pandemic transformed students’ education but also imparted profound experiences that students say will make them stronger practitioners and leaders.
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- March 4, 2022
Columbia health care workers tell us about the pandemic’s toll on their lives and what CUIMC is doing to alleviate the burden. Emotional support, self-care, and instilling hope are key.
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- March 4, 2022
New insights by Columbia researchers into MIS-C, a rare but serious complication of COVID in children, may lead to faster diagnosis and better treatment.
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- March 3, 2022
COVID vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments offer less protection against new omicron subvariants, a new study from researchers at Columbia and University of Hong Kong finds.
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- February 10, 2022
Columbia researchers could receive up to $9.4 million to learn about long COVID in children and young adults as part of NIH’s REsearching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) initiative.
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- February 9, 2022
A common virus that causes no harm in most people may be a danger to organ transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people, Columbia University researchers have found.
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- February 7, 2022
When can a child return to gym class and organized sports after a COVID infection? Columbia University's pediatric cardiologists have guidance.
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- February 3, 2022
A study reports that the brains of a small sample of patients who died of COVID display some of the same molecular changes found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
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