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An engineer and a physician are working together to pioneer a new approach using focused ultrasound to treat dozens of brain diseases.
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A new study forecasts a substantial rise in uterine cancer cases and deaths over the next three decades, with a disproportionate impact on Black women.
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Inflammation may not be a universal human experience, but a byproduct of industrialized lifestyles.
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Work by Aydogan, who joined Columbia this year, reveals hidden cellular clocks beyond the well-known division and circadian cycles, whose rhythms and synchronicity shape development and physiology.
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- July 14, 2014
The ability to diagnose Alzheimer’s before the onset of symptoms would allow physicians to treat it before extensive brain damage has occurred.
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- July 10, 2014
Lei Ding, PhD, discusses how being named a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar helps him pursue the work he loves.
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- July 10, 2014
Columbia University Medical Center researchers have created a way to develop personalized gene therapies for patients with retinitis pigmentosa, a leading cause of vision loss.
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- July 7, 2014
Columbia is part of a new consortium to identify rare genetic variants that may protect against, or contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
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- July 3, 2014
New technology allows scientists to dive into the inner world of cells in everything from cancers to mummies. Learn more at lab’s open house on July 10.
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- June 30, 2014
By switching off a single gene, Columbia scientists have converted human gastrointestinal cells into insulin-producing cells.
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- June 19, 2014
For the first time, a therapy has been found that can delay progression of metastatic uveal melanoma, a rare and deadly form of melanoma of the eye.
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- June 12, 2014
At Columbia, personalized medicine represents a commitment to harness the institution’s intellectual and technological resources to transform both medical research and patient care.
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- June 12, 2014
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation honored Eric Kandel for his dedication to research that will help people with mental illness.
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