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NYP/Weill Cornell physician-scientists present at 2009 American Transplant Congress in Boston
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists are presenting exciting new research at the 2009 American Transplant Congress in Boston from May 30 to June 3. Dr. Sandip Kapur, chief of transplant surgery and director of kidney and pancreas transplant programs a...Where tumor cells boldly go: Weill Cornell cancer biologists shed light on the metastatic niche
NEW YORK (May 1, 2009) -- Traditionally, cancer biologists have embraced a simple and direct model of the disease process: The tumor -- the "seed" -- was seen as bearing total responsibility for the spread of cancer to distant tissues -- the "soil" in which the seed embedded itself, grew, and repr...Weill Cornell and Cornell's Johnson School present first annual business and medicine symposium
WHAT: A new yearly intercampus symposium exploring how business and medicine can collaborate to solve today's health care challenges. Panel members will discuss and answer questions regarding the state of collaboration between industry, academia and government in addressing global public health ne...Best-selling authors and physicians from NYP/Weill Cornell discuss diet, surgery and bone health
NEW YORK (April 8, 2009) -- How do I teach my body to stop craving food? How can I age gracefully with the right incision? What are the risks of anesthesia? Can long-term use of Fosamax actually increase risk of fractures? From diet to surgery to bone health, medical experts and authors answer ...Weill Cornell Medical College receives 2 $100,000 grants for innovative global health research
NEW YORK (Oct. 30, 2008) -- Weill Cornell Medical College announced today that it has received two $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grants will support innovative global health research projects: "Untimely Triggering of the Fusion Mechanis...AARP: Cornell University Tops 2008 List of Best Employers for Workers Over 50
National Institutes of Health First Federal Agency to Make List WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cornell University's students, faculty and alumni have long been known for being proud of the high academic standards of the Ivy League school located in Ithaca, New York. They now ...One in Four Dogs Die of Cancer Cancer is the Number One Cause of Death in Dogs Over Two MAF Canine Cancer Campaign Seeking to Treat and Cure Dogs DENVER, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) has posted on its Web site, http://www.MorrisAnimal...
NYP/Weill Cornell physician-scientists present latest cancer findings at ASCO meeting
NEW YORK (May 29, 2008) -- Leading oncologists and cancer researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago, May 30 to June 3. Highl...Weill Cornell team identifies new cancer stem cell driving metastatic tumors
NEW YORK (May 27, 2008) -- The molecular profile of cancer stem cells that initiate metastatic colon tumors is significantly different from those responsible for primary tumors, according to new research from a team at Weill Cornell Medical College. Cancer researchers have long believed that a ...Weill Cornell science briefs May 2008
Stem Cells Might Contribute to Vascular Disease Stem Cells Might Cause More Damage After Vascular Surgery Physician-scientists believe that stem cells might play a harmful role in the bodys reaction to trauma following common vascular surgery, like angioplasty. A team of scientists led by D...Cornell in Medical Technology
Implantable Device Designed for Type-2 Diabetes Patients Who Are Overweight and Do Not Respond to Current Oral Anti-Diabetic Treatments Device Applies Electrical Stimulation to Stomach as Person Eats
NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
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...ve oxygen species in the nigrostriatal pathway, as a target for Parkinson ' s disease therapy Yoon-Seong Kim, MD, PhD, Weill Medical College of cornell University Upregulation of MsrA: A neuroprotective strategy for the t reatment of Parkinson's disease Deniz Kirik, MD, PhD, Lund U...
...bstract #8537). Ruben Niesvizky, M.D., Associate Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill cornell Medical College presented preliminary data from an ongoing Phase 1b dose-escalating trial of carfilzomib in combination with lenalidomide and low-dose...
...initiating a formal clinical investigation, which is ultimately necessary for U.S. FDA marketing approval. The first study, being performed with the cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, demonstrated superior healing characteristics for the CRD in a preclinical study when compared with microf...
...r," said James Bussel, M.D., director of the Platelet Disorders Center, Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation Division of New York Presbyterian/Weill cornell Medical Center. "The entire ITP community, including physicians, patients and their families, may benefit from this shift in thinking and these innova...
...ve oxygen species in the nigrostriatal pathway, as a target for Parkinson ' s disease therapy Yoon-Seong Kim, MD, PhD, Weill Medical College of cornell University Upregulation of MsrA: A neuroprotective strategy for the t reatment of Parkinson's disease Deniz Kirik, MD, PhD, Lund U...
...bstract #8537). Ruben Niesvizky, M.D., Associate Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill cornell Medical College presented preliminary data from an ongoing Phase 1b dose-escalating trial of carfilzomib in combination with lenalidomide and low-dose...
...initiating a formal clinical investigation, which is ultimately necessary for U.S. FDA marketing approval. The first study, being performed with the cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, demonstrated superior healing characteristics for the CRD in a preclinical study when compared with microf...
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...nditions," said James McKinsey, M.D., Interim Chief of Vascular Surgery of New York Presbyterian Hospital System and the Universities of Columbia and cornell , New York and co-principal investigator for the DEFINITIVE LE study. The DEFINITIVE LE study results are expected to add to the growing body of ...DSM Obtains Exclusive World-Wide License for Innovative Drug Delivery Technology
...gs is based on a next generation set of polymers exclusively licensed from cornell University . Generated from research both at cornell and at MediVas, the company has an IP portfolio containing over 60 issued ...Harvard Study Shows Folic Acid, B Vitamins in Animi-3(R) May Prevent Vision Loss
... cardiovascular disease," said nutritional expert Dr. Barbara Levine, Weill cornell Medical College. "I recommend patients with nutritional deficiencies speak ... on www.dhaandbvitamins.org , a resource developed by specialists at Weill cornell Medical College and other leading medical centers. Animi-3 is not inte...Oridion Announces Significant Medical Studies Presented at STA
...ication, the use of capnography on endangered animals was presented as well. A comprehensive research study conducted by Robin W. Radcliffe, DVM from cornell University and others on the effect postural changes had on EtCO2 readings in the endangered African black rhinoceros and its importance to field ane...Study Shows How Defective DNA Repair Triggers Two Neurological Diseases
...de Erin Shull, Youngsoo Lee, Jingfeng Zhao and Helen Russell (St. Jude); John Petrini and Travis Stracker (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences); and Hironobu Nakane (formerly of St. Jude). This research was supported in part by the National......r," said James Bussel, M.D., director of the Platelet Disorders Center, Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation Division of New York Presbyterian/Weill cornell Medical Center. "The entire ITP community, including physicians, patients and their families, may benefit from this shift in thinking and these innova...
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A.V.I. Panoramic Viewing System
Description:...ed in New York, in 1989 by Avi Grinblat, under the surgical supervision of Professor Stanley Chang, MD. After medical trails performed at the New York cornell Medical Center and later at Columbia University the System was launched on the market and immediately revolutionized the way of visualizing and perfor...Company:Advanced Visual Instruments, Inc.
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...ative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. ... sold from infected flocks spread scrapie to other flocks. ... The cornell Sheep Program evaluates and disseminates information on management, nutrition, health, selection, and marketing strategies for highly productive sheep...
... Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of cornell University ... PBSB graduate student Jonathan Bourne from Dr. Peter Torzilli's ... Research, instruments and techniques, history, publications, an...
...tion of fire, safety, and forestry products. Mouser provides Mallory's product line including CGS brand, large can, ... Mallory , a division of cornell Dubilier, is a recognized leader in passive ... Aftermarket site for auto and truck enthusisasts for leading performance parts and accessories l...
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...ative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. ... sold from infected flocks spread scrapie to other flocks. ... The cornell Sheep Program evaluates and disseminates information on management, nutrition, health, selection, and marketing strategies for highly productive sheep...
... Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of cornell University ... PBSB graduate student Jonathan Bourne from Dr. Peter Torzilli's ... Research, instruments and techniques, history, publications, an...
...tion of fire, safety, and forestry products. Mouser provides Mallory's product line including CGS brand, large can, ... Mallory , a division of cornell Dubilier, is a recognized leader in passive ... Aftermarket site for auto and truck enthusisasts for leading performance parts and accessories l...
...arketing mavens ... ... University Ergonomics Web offers news, guidelines, and reports of research and class work by students and faculty in the cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics ... Ergonomics ... Article: Ergonomics . Article: Quantifying tasks, ergonomic exposures and injury rates am...
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Genetic secrets of date palm unlocked by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
DOHA, QATAR (May 1, 2009) -- Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) have mapped a draft version of the date palm genome, unlocking many of its genetic secrets. "We have generated a draft DNA sequence and initial assembly of the date palm using the most advanced technolog...Ansary Symposium on Stem Cell Research at Weill Cornell Medical College
WHO: Hosted by Weill Cornell Medical College, the Ansary Symposium on Stem Cell Research is bringing together a group of leading figures in the field, including internationally known scientists, physicians and ethicists, to discuss recent scientific advances and ethical issues in stem cell res...Weill Cornell science briefs June/July 2008
New Cancer Stem Cell Identified A Potential Metastatic Disease Target? Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a type of cancer stem cell that might initiate metastatic cancer, which spreads beyond the original, primary tumor site and to other locations within the bod...The 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress held at Cornell University, Aug. 10-14
WHAT: 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress WHEN: August 10-14, 2008 WHERE: Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. WHO: Hosted by the International Society for Behavioral Ecology ITHACA, N.Y. Journalists are welcome to attend the 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress,...Weill Cornell team discovers how brain's own tPA helps regulate blood flow to neurons
NEW YORK (Jan. 17, 2008) -- The human brain contains its own store of a powerful enzyme (and stroke drug) called tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which appears to be a key regulator of blood flow to brain cells, a team at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City reports. "We found ...2 federal public health grants awarded to Weill Cornell Medical College
NEW YORK (Jan. 16, 2008) -- Two major federal grants have been awarded to Public Health faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Dr. Kenneth W. Griffin is the recipient of a three-year $1.6 million NIH grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for research into t...Drug aimed at 2 bioterror agents blocks live viral infection, Weill Cornell team reports
NEW YORK (Dec. 19, 2007) -- Two deadly and highly infectious viruses -- both potential bioterror threats -- may have met their match in a new drug developed by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Hendra and Nipah viruses are related, newly recognized zoonotic viruses t...Wiggle room: Cornell researcher borrows idea from sperm to provide energy for nanoscale robots
ITHACA, N.Y. In order to deliver medicine inside the human body, nanoscale medical devices need energy to carry out tasks, such as releasing drugs. Alex Travis, Cornell assistant professor of veterinary medicine, suggests creating a system that generates power for nanoscale robots, based upon how...$13 million federal grant for research into vascular disease awarded to Weill Cornell
NEW YORK (Jan. 16, 2008) -- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has awarded another $13 million grant to the Center of Vascular Biology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City for biomedical research into vascular disease -- specifically atherosclerosis and thrombosis, ...Weill Cornell Research Reveals Secrets Of Trafficking Within Cells
As you read this, cells in your eye are transmitting information to your brain, while cells in your heart and arteries work just as hard to keep that brain alive. Every one of these cells -- and others throughout the body -- depends on an internal process called endocytosis to keep the flow of cell...Cornell in Biological Technology
OMAHA, Neb., April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO). In a peer-reviewed paper published in the February 2009 issue of the journal Human Mutation, a team at Weill Cornell Medical College New York describes in detail the key advantages of using Transgenomic'...
...luding GlaxoSmithKline, Karo Bio, Monsanto, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Searle, SPRL and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Professor Fletterick received his Ph.D. from cornell University and did his postdoctoral research in molecular biophysics in the laboratory of Professor Thomas Steitz at Yale University . Dr. Davi...
DOE awards $377 million in funding for 46 energy frontier research centers
...velop the enabling science needed to realize breakthroughs in the efficient conversion of sunlight into electricity in nanometer sized thin films. cornell University (Ithaca, NY) $17.5 million for five years to understand and control the nature, structure, and dynamics of reactions at electrodes in fuel...Regado Biosciences Expands Medical Advisory Board
...eterization Laboratories, The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas and Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College, cornell University A. Michael Lincoff, MD , Director, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research (C5Research); Director, Center for Cl...Dr. Daniel Ronel Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler
...DR. DANIEL RONEL is a board-certified plastic surgeon with offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque NM. Educated and trained at Princeton, Penn, Columbia, cornell , and Harvard , he is the only surgeon in the U.S. who is board certified in both plastic surgery and pediatrics. Dr. Ronel was named one of America'...EyeIC Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for MatchedFlicker(TM) Retinal Aid Detection Technology
...ker offers ophthalmologists a powerful new tool for the detection of progressive glaucoma," said Nathan Radcliffe, M.D., Director of Glaucoma at Weill cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. "MatchedFlicker automatically aligns and alternates serial optic disc photographs, allowing the cl...Regado Biosciences Establishes Medical Advisory Board
...terization Laboratories, The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas and Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College, cornell University A. Michael Lincoff, MD, Director, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research (C5Research); Director, Center for ...Cord Blood America Further Reduction, $817,000, in Long-Term Debt
...$1.75 million in 2009, said today it has eliminated another $817,000 of long-term debt. "The remaining debt with YA Global Investments, formerly cornell Capital Partners, has been assigned to an existing institutional investor. CBAI and YA Global Investments agreed on a one time common share settlemen...Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory
...n the electronics industry for decades. Low-power, high-efficiency electronic memory could be the long-term result of collaborative research led by cornell materials scientist Darrell Schlom. The research, to be published April 17 in the journal Science (Vol. 324 No. 5925), involves taking a well-known ......luding GlaxoSmithKline, Karo Bio, Monsanto, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Searle, SPRL and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Professor Fletterick received his Ph.D. from cornell University and did his postdoctoral research in molecular biophysics in the laboratory of Professor Thomas Steitz at Yale University . Dr. Davi...
WuXi AppTec Welcomes Three Senior Professionals
...pjohn, Pfizer, Allergan and Vitae Pharmaceutical. Dr. Yuan received a D.V.M. from National Taiwan University and a Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathology from cornell University . Mr. Robert Coldreck has joined the company as Head of GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) QA (Quality Assurance). Mr. Coldreck had prev...Cornell in Biological Definition
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... divided into an animallike ... George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld now each has a slime - mold beetle named in his honor. Two former cornell University entomologists recently named 65 ... A dog vomit slime mold is shown spreading. across mulch and up the base of a shrub. ... Althou...
...ildflowers is events, wildflower viewing areas, wildflower photos, native plant information, ... through self - pollination reduces genetic ... cornell researchers are zeroing in on genes that turn a plant's ability to self -pollinate on and off, a key to creating hybrid seed. ... two main ways ...
...utable to genetic variation among individuals. Variation among individuals may be due to genetic and/or environmental factors.... John Pollack of cornell University explains heritability and how it applies to canine breeding programs. ... The denominator is the phenotypic variance . ... ... p. (...
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... divided into an animallike ... George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld now each has a slime - mold beetle named in his honor. Two former cornell University entomologists recently named 65 ... A dog vomit slime mold is shown spreading. across mulch and up the base of a shrub. ... Althou...
...ildflowers is events, wildflower viewing areas, wildflower photos, native plant information, ... through self - pollination reduces genetic ... cornell researchers are zeroing in on genes that turn a plant's ability to self -pollinate on and off, a key to creating hybrid seed. ... two main ways ...
...utable to genetic variation among individuals. Variation among individuals may be due to genetic and/or environmental factors.... John Pollack of cornell University explains heritability and how it applies to canine breeding programs. ... The denominator is the phenotypic variance . ... ... p. (...
...remediation may be employed to attack specific soil contaminants, such as... Environmental Inquiry is a website and curriculum series developed at cornell University to help students conduct environmental science research and participate in ... bioremediation n. The use of biological agents, such as...
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