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Columbia medical students share their experiences interviewing for residencies across the United States.
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The man who's changing the future of medical education in America—P. Roy Vagelos, MD’54—shared his inspiration and goals with Columbia Magazine in the diner once owned by his immigrant parents.
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A newly discovered function for the ApoE4 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, may help explain how the gene causes cognitive decline.
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A new anti-inflammatory drug may offer hope for people with a progressive form of MS. In a phase 2 trial, the drug slowed brain atrophy in people with the disease.
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- October 13, 2017
Joachim Frank, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is honored in Times Square.
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- October 11, 2017
Columbia researchers have identified cells that give rise to Barrett’s esophagus, a precursor to esophageal cancer, the fastest-growing cancer in the United States.
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- October 9, 2017
Riders, sponsors, volunteers, and friends joined forces for Velocity, Columbia's Ride to End Cancer, in support of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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- October 6, 2017
Hundreds of students and colleagues gathered on Oct. 5 to congratulate Joachim Frank on winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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- October 3, 2017
Scientists propose a new model for Alzheimer's disease that may explain the high failure rate of recent clinical trials.
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- October 2, 2017
Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythm.
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- September 28, 2017
Columbia University will award the 2017 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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- September 15, 2017
Researchers have developed a skin patch that can turn white fat into energy-burning brown fat locally while raising the body’s metabolism.
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- September 11, 2017
Sitting around for one to two hours at a time without moving increases the risk of death, finds a new study.
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- September 8, 2017
Scientists have found compounds that can block transmission of the parasite that causes malaria and reduce resistance to currently available drugs.
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