August 2, 2016
Many people hate mosquitoes, but getting rid of the insects isn't a suitable option, an infectious disease expert from Weill Cornell Medicine told the Washington Post.
July 22, 2016
Researchers are studying a rare effect of radiation therapy to see how it can be harnessed to treat cancer.
July 18, 2016
With a little help from a photographer friend and a makeup artist pal, plus support from her oncologist at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian, Marquina Iliev-Piselli found a way to face chemo with style and grace. She called it the Glam Chemo Project.
July 15, 2016
Artist Osmani Garcia used to take 20 pills a day to manage HIV. Now, thanks to research advances from Dr. Roy Gulick and colleagues from Weill Cornell Medicine, he needs only one.
July 15, 2016
For five years, Irene Price tried the standard treatments — chemotherapy and a bladder-cancer-specific immunotherapy — both of which she said had shown promise. But then her cancer started to metastasize; she was running out of options — and time.
July 15, 2016
Virtual reality isn’t just for fun and games. Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine are harnessing the technology to create interactive, 3D models to learn more about a patient’s cancer and determine its cause.The technology would allow doctors to map the microscopic proteins inside cancerous tumors, according to Dr. Olivier Elemento and researcher Alexandros Sigaras, who have developed software for the Oculus... Read More
July 8, 2016
The chairman of otolaryngology at Weill Cornell Medicine, spoke to the Huffington Post about the condition that put comedian Sarah Silverman in the ICU last week.
July 5, 2016
WCM researchers, physicians and a standing-room only crowd of about 100 people discussed the goals of the government's "Cancer Moonshot" mission, which aims to accelerate cancer research, foster data sharing and collaboration and improve patient access to care within five years.
July 5, 2016
Women treated at a hospital after cardiac arrest are less likely than men to receive potentially life-saving procedures, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
July 1, 2016
A new gene therapy developed by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine could eventually prevent the life-threatening effects of peanut allergy with just a single dose, according to a new pre-clinical study.