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Haitian AIDS Patients' 10-year Survival Equal to American Patients

Dr. Margaret McNairy

One of the first groups of AIDS patients to receive free HIV drugs in a public health setting in the developing world is living as long as those in the United States, according to research conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine Among the Nation's Cancer Centers Endorsing HPV Vaccination for Cancer Prevention

HPV, cancer, Lew Cantley
Dr. Lewis C. Cantley Photo credit: Stephanie Diani

NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine are among the nation's top cancer centers calling for increased human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cancer.

Women's Studies

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In Arabic, "menopause" translates to "the hopeless age." But even in the face of such linguistic negativity, women in Qatar often see menopause as a period of maturity and wisdom that has positive aspects.

The Real Moonshot for Cancer

Moonshot for Cancer
Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College & Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University

Cancer has affected us all in one way or another. We all know someone who's fighting the disease or who left us too soon. It's certainly touched important people in my life.

Sometimes we respond by trying to do more to help people with cancer--whether through advocacy, fundraising, medical care, or research. Vice President Joe Biden, who lost his son Beau to brain cancer last spring, is now embarking on an ambitious campaign--a moonshot to cure cancer.

Fungus Fighter

Invasion force: The Aspergillus mold Photo credit: Science Photo Library

A year into treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia, young Anna Nikolich was doing well, and her doctors were optimistic. It had been a devastating diagnosis for the Milwaukee girl and her family, but aside from the usual side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, there had been no complications. That changed abruptly one evening, when her father noticed something disturbing. "The whole left side of her body wasn't working," says Aleks Nikolich. "It looked like a stroke — but this was a 6-year-old kid."

Dr. Lewis C. Cantley Wins Wolf Prize in Medicine

Dr. Lewis C. Cantley Photo credit: Stephanie Diani

Dr. Lewis C. Cantley, the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2016 Wolf Prize in Medicine from the Wolf Foundation for his groundbreaking discovery of a family of enzymes that are fundamental to understanding diabetes and cancer.

The Anxiety Gene?

Dr. Francis Lee Photo credit John Abbott

Psychiatrist Dr. Francis Lee has had many patients over the years, but there's one who still puzzles him. It's not because the man, who was afraid of heights, didn't get better. Rather, Dr. Lee's continued interest is because he got over his fear so swiftly. After Dr. Lee recommended a therapist specializing in anxiety disorders, the man did so well with cognitive behavioral therapy — without the aid of medication — that he was soon able to go skiing.

For decades, Weill Cornell has been a leader in the research revolution that's making lymphoma a survivable disease

New lease on life: Bob Azopardi with his oncologist, Dr. Richard Furman

When Bob Azopardi arrived for his first appointment at the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in October 2010, he was desperately ill. It had been 10 years and many rounds of chemotherapy since he was first diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His oncologist had told him that he'd done all he could.

The Library's New Open-Acess 3D Printer Gets Rave Review

Total fabrication: M.D.-Ph.D. student Du Cheng with the 3D printer. Photo credit: John Abbott

In the spring of 2014, first-year M.D.- Ph.D. student Du Cheng brought a bone fragment from an anatomical model to Dr. Estomih Mtui. Cheng told Dr. Mtui, a professor of anatomy of radiology, that he'd found the fragment, part of a facsimile of the fourJth lumbar vertebrae that had gone missing from the lab.

Study of Breast Cancer Metastasis Upends Conventional Wisdom, Suggesting New Treatment Strategy

From left: Dr. Ding Cheng Gao, Kari Fischer, Dr. Vivek Mittal Photo credit: Carlos Rene Perez

Breast cancer cells do not undergo a commonly accepted transformation in order to spread to distant organs such as the lungs, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have found in a new study. This discovery may settle a longstanding debate about how cancers spread, the investigators say, and may profoundly change the way many forms of the disease are treated.