Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Photo Credit: Christopher Mason @mason_lab

The Englander Institute for Precision Medicine’s (EIPM) Symposium fueled innovation and collaboration, bringing together nearly 200 faculty, students, and research staff last Thursday, November 15th. The inaugural event, “Innovations and Emerging Opportunities in Personalized Medicine,” featured speakers across areas of expertise from Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, Cornell Tech, and NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. The full day of presentations covered topics of Novel...

Source: Science Signalling

New research published today in Science Signaling on mechanisms that control skin pigmentation reveal new pathways that could increase the pigmentation of skin and reduce the risk of skin cancer, the most common form of cancer in the United States.

A person’s skin color is determined by the amount and type of melanin in their cells. The production of melanin is influenced by the pH of melanosomes, which is more...

Source: Kristy A. Brown, Ph.D.

Kristy A. Brown, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her work aims to determine how adipose tissue can impact cancer cells, as well as the normal mammary gland, to explain why obese women are more likely to develop breast cancer and die from the disease.

We hope you enjoy learning more about Dr. Brown’s work.

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