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A study of more than 500 hospitalized COVID patients found that comorbidities do not necessarily result in the worst outcomes.
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Six scientists at Columbia have received NIH “High-Risk” grants that support exceptionally creative scientists and unconventional approaches to solving major challenges in medicine.
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The grant to the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will help medical researchers speed the application of scientific discoveries, so that new treatments can be delivered to patients faster.
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Wang received the prize, awarded annually to immigrants whose work demonstrates exceptional insight or innovation, for his development of synthetic biology tools.
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- September 9, 2021
With $10 million from Pfizer, the Initiative aims to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in clinical trials and enhance the diversity of clinical researchers.
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- September 9, 2021
The risk of late-term stillbirth is three times higher for women who use both tobacco and alcohol during pregnancy, a new study has found.
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- September 3, 2021
New proposed test values for iron deficiency could double the number of women and triple the number of children detected with the condition.
- August 30, 2021
Researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are leading the first U.S. trial of an experimental vaccine designed to treat an opioid use disorder.
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- August 16, 2021
A new preclinical study provides the first direct evidence that loss of a placental hormone during pregnancy alters long-term brain development, causing autism-like behaviors in male offspring.
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- August 4, 2021
Keith Diaz, May Hua, Jennifer Woo Baidal, and Hanrui Zhang will receive funding over the next three years to support their clinical and translational research.
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- August 3, 2021
A fat ‘shield’ that protects natural killer cells from self-destruction also allows some cancer cells to evade destruction by the immune system, researchers at Columbia University have found.
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- August 2, 2021
A new clinical trial at Columbia could help determine if a hypertension drug can prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
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- August 2, 2021
A new podcast explores explores breakthrough innovations being developed in Columbia’s scientific laboratories.
- July 7, 2021
Twelve Columbia research teams have been awarded Columbia Life Science Accelerator pilot grants to develop technologies that aim to change the way patients are treated or diagnosed.
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