Top Stories
-
Older adults in England have experienced significant improvements in health compared to previous generations, researchers at Columbia's Robert N. Butler Aging Center have found.
Topic
-
Columbia cancer researchers are investigating how exercise, early puberty, and hormones may play a role in the rising numbers of early onset breast cancer.
Topic
-
In the same way that ChatGPT understands human language, a new AI model developed by Columbia computational biologists captures the language of cells to accurately predict their activities.
Topic
-
By generating movies of individual molecules performing actions that make our bodies tick, Columbia researchers have a deeper understanding of a process important in cancer and other diseases.
Topic
Latest News
- October 30, 2024
A new study shows sleep helps mice recover from heart attacks. Reanalyzed data from a Columbia sleep restriction study suggest sleep plays the same role in people.
Topic
- October 29, 2024
Columbia biomedical engineers are developing biodegradable materials to curb the environmental impact of point-of-care diagnostic tests.
- October 18, 2024
A region in the mouse brain records whether another individual is safe or threatening, a finding that may help researchers understand why some human conditions lead to social withdrawal.
Topic
- October 16, 2024
Columbia researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells.
Topic
- October 8, 2024
The grants to four scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons support unconventional approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.
- October 8, 2024
Physician-scientist Juanma Schvartzman is a firm believer that his curiosity-driven research on cell metabolism and its influence on cell identity will offer clues for better cancer treatments.
Topic
- October 7, 2024
A new study finds that many of our genes, if disabled by a mutation, have a surprising ability to turn on backup genes to compensate for lost functions.
Topic
- October 2, 2024
Columbia's Maja Bergman discuss the types of challenges domestic violence survivors face, effective therapies for those who experience domestic abuse, and warning signs that someone may be an abuser.
Topic
- October 1, 2024
Columbia biologists have developed inexpensive microscopy tools that capture high-level images of brain tissue, previously only possible with more expensive lab equipment.
Topic
- September 27, 2024
On Sunday, Oct. 6, cancer survivors, researchers, and physicians will cycle through the Hudson Valley to help Columbia solve cancer.
Topic
