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Advances in bioengineering at Columbia may enable delivery of gene therapies for people with cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases.
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Twenty-one graduate students at VP&S successfully competed for NIH fellowships in the second half of 2024.
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New processors installed in CUIMC’s High Performance Computing Cluster are designed to give a major boost to AI in biomedical research and analyze increasingly dense and complex biomedical data.
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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.
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- September 4, 2024
Columbia researchers have used blockchain technology to build a system that can securely store, share, and analyze genetic and clinical data for precision medicine research.
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- September 3, 2024
A new study reveals how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria adopt a different diet when colonizing the lungs, suggesting a new treatment strategy for these often dangerous staph infections.
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- August 30, 2024
Variants of the ABCA7 gene accelerate neurodegeneration by reducing the amount of neuropeptide Y, a protein essential for maintaining brain synapses.
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- August 29, 2024
In a mouse model of breast cancer, mice fed a ketogenic diet experienced significantly more lung metastases compared to those on a control diet.
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- August 29, 2024
Columbia biomedical engineers and colleagues at North Carolina State University have developed an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds.
- August 28, 2024
Adding a measure of psychological health to a predictor of mortality from heart disease improved predictions, particularly among Black and female populations.
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- August 28, 2024
Analysis of 1.6 million brain cells from older adults has captured the cellular changes that occur in Alzheimer’s early stages, revealing potential new targets and routes for prevention.
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- August 26, 2024
Physician Jerard Kneifati-Hayek, the first Patient Safety Research Fellow at Columbia, leads efforts to improve care and enhance safety for patients from underserved communities.
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- August 22, 2024
A new study finds that mitochondria in our brain cells frequently fling their DNA into the cells' nucleus, where the mitochondrial DNA integrates into chromosomes, possibly causing harm.
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- August 20, 2024
The new center, launched with a $20 million gift from the David Koch Jr. Foundation, aims to advance research, education, and care for patients with glomerular kidney disease.
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