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A recent rise in a rare lymphoma has been linked to breast implants, but Columbia researchers have found that the risk is extremely low among women who have reconstructive surgery after mastectomy.
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Columbia's Clinical Innovation Lab, a hub that helps doctors develop new technologies to improve patient care, has already funded five projects. Yours could be next.
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The diminished power of the immune system in older adults is usually blamed on the aging process. A new study shows that decades of inhaled particulates due to air pollution also take a toll.
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An implantable pump that has the potential to transform brain cancer treatment was found safe and effective in people in a study at Columbia University.
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- September 13, 2021
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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- September 10, 2021
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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