Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
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In recognition of May’s designation as National Cancer Research Month, EIPM Director Olivier Elemento, Ph.D. shares his thoughts on the state of precision medicine in creating next-generation treatment for cancer. Please click here or on the link below to play the video.

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The addition of an oral immunomodulatory drug to a commonly employed antibody therapy is more effective against chronic, indolent lymphoma than the antibody alone, according to the results of a Phase 3 clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. These findings are likely to change the recommendations for treatment of indolent forms of lymphoma.

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Weill Cornell Medicine’s Englander Institute for Precision Medicine (EIPM) recently joined the Human Cancer Models Initiative (HCMI) and will become one of four Cancer Model Development Centers (CMDCs) in the United States. EIPM is participating in this project through a subcontract with Leidos Biomedical Research, which operates the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research for the National Cancer Institute.

The HCMI is a...