Columbia MD/PhD student Deirdre Ricaurte is using new genomics methods to understand how prescription drugs disturb our gut microbiome and the health consequences of these “drug-bug” interactions.
Many Black Americans thought to have a high risk of developing kidney disease possess a genetic variant that eradicates the extra risk, a new study from Columbia researchers has found.
A new study that uncovers the original role of CRISPR’s scissors answers an evolutionary mystery and could lead to the discovery of better gene editing tools.
In the GUARDIAN study, the genomes of newborns are being scanned to identify children who have one of hundreds of treatable and preventable rare genetic conditions before symptoms emerge.
The All of Us Research Program seeks to enroll 1 million Americans into one of the world’s largest and most diverse data sets for precision health research.
3-D organoids created from the bladder cancers of patients mimic the characteristics of each patient’s tumor and may be used in the future to identify the best treatment for each patient.
Columbia is helping to enroll 1 million Americans in “All of Us,” a large-scale effort to accelerate the medical research that will lead to individualized health care.
Two research teams at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have received grants from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to help build a Human Cell Atlas.
On Tuesday, learn more about the NIH's All of Us project, an effort to gather genetic and health data from 1 million Americans to accelerate research and improve health.