By Anne Ju Robyn Wishna/University Photography George K. Lewis holds his latest ultrasound device, which delivers low-intensity ultrasound for pain management and other applications. It looks more like an iPod than a medical tool. But the latest miniature ultrasound device created by Cornell biomedical engineering graduate student George K. Lewis could one day introduce a […]

By Krishna Ramanujan Rose Jocelyn Rose, professor of plant biology, has been named the new director of the Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies, effective Jan. 1. The institute, which was established in 1983, promotes research, education and technology transfer to benefit the life sciences industries, including agriculture and medicine; encourages the education and […]

By Krishna Ramanujan Traditional vaccines can be ineffective and expensive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has devised a new way to make vaccines that promises to prevent diseases much more cheaply. The new technique, described online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which involves fusing a novel component to […]

Rafii In a significant step toward restoring healthy blood circulation to treat a variety of diseases, a team of scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) has developed a new technique for turning human embryonic stem cells into plentiful, functional endothelial cells. Such cells form the interior “lining” of all blood vessels and are the […]

Casey Lee Soliman Studying animals in behavioral experiments has been a cornerstone of psychological research, but whether the observations are relevant for human behavior has been unclear. Now, Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) researchers have identified an alteration to the DNA of a gene that imparts similar anxiety-related behavior in both humans and mice, demonstrating […]

By Krishna Ramanujan Flamingos are among long-lived bird species with average life spans of more than 30 years. Large, social, vegetarian, island-dwelling birds live longer than other birds, reports a new Cornell study that examined the relationships between evolution and life spans in birds. Some of the longest-living birds include flamingos, parrots, petrels and shearwaters, […]

By George Lowery Melnick A tumor’s genetic profile is often useful to diagnose and decide on treatment for certain cancers, but genetically similar leukemias in different patients do not always respond well to the same therapy. Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) researchers believe they may have discovered what distinguishes these patients by evaluating the certain […]

Rubino Surgery is a legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, affirm 50 medical experts from around the world in a first-of-its-kind consensus statement that should help bring the procedure a significant step closer to wider use and acceptance. The statement is part of a report recently published in the Annals of Surgery by […]

By Krishna Ramanujan Sarah Tishkoff/Univ. of Pennsylvania Children in Abuja, Nigeria. Researchers may now reliably use genetics data to tell a person’s ancestry — what percent of an African-American’s genome stems from Europe, for example, and what percent comes from Africa. The technique detailed in a new study not only allows researchers to compare 300,000 […]

By Anne Ju and Bill Steele Eric Moore A schematic of John Marohn’s scanned-probe electron spin resonance experiments, with the oscillating cantilever in the middle and the nickel tip that was attached by hand. In biochemistry, shape is everything. Because of the shape of their binding sites, hormones can attach to cell membranes to send […]