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A new study of a single-celled organism with 16,000 tiny chromosomes may shed light on a recently discovered feature of the human genome.
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A study shows that one in 7 kidney donor-recipient pairs may have a type of genetic incompatibility that leads to organ rejection.
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A new study suggests that providers make the same number of wrong-patient errors regardless of the number of electronic patient records they could have open at a time.
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Columbia engineers and surgeons show that new salvage methods can recondition severely damaged lungs to meet transplantation criteria and could make more lungs available for patients.
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- September 23, 2016
Neuroscientist Stavros Lomvardas and stem cell researcher Benjamin Ohlstein have been named HHMI Faculty Scholars.
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- September 22, 2016
A study revealing new structural details of an intracellular channel that controls muscle contraction may lead to new drugs for heart and muscle diseases.
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- September 22, 2016
Seventy-five percent of patients with an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss had significant hair regrowth after treatment with ruxolitinib.
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- September 8, 2016
Researchers have discovered how a new epilepsy drug works, which may lead the way to even more effective and safer medications.
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- September 6, 2016
The 2016 Horwitz Prize winners studied how molecules can regulate the structure, behavior, and activity of DNA without modifying its genetic code.
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- August 25, 2016
A lightning-fast camera paired with an electron microscope has enabled Columbia scientists to capture images of one of the smallest proteins in our cells.
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- August 18, 2016
A P&S physician discusses her goals for the psychiatry profession and the future of suicide prevention.
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- August 16, 2016
Expanded prenatal genetic testing may increase the detection of carriers for a variety of potentially serious conditions.
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- July 22, 2016
People with moderate or severe pain have a 41 percent higher risk of developing prescription opioid use disorders, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have found.
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- July 18, 2016
Intranasal flu vaccines may provide long-lasting protection against pandemic flu strains, according to a study from immunologists at Columbia University Medical Center.
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