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April 2025 EIPM Director's Memo


Dear Friends & Members of the Englander Institute,

Dr. Majd Al AssaadPlease join me in congratulating Dr. Majd Al Assaad...

Our two kidneys (red) filter blood, removing waste that moves to the bladder (red) where urine is stored. Cancer can begin in the cells lining the inside of the bladder. Over 600,000 people were diagnosed with bladder cancer worldwide in 2022.  Credit: Shutterstock

Leveraging the power of AI and machine learning technologies, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine developed a more effective model for predicting how patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer will respond to chemotherapy. The model harnesses whole-slide tumor imaging and gene expression analyses in a way that outperforms previous models using a single data type.

The ...

Dr. Jan Krumsiek

A person’s “bioenergetic age” – or how youthfully their cells generate energy – might be a key indicator of whether they’re at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, new research from Weill Cornell Medicine shows.

The study, published Feb. 24 in Nature Communications, suggests healthy living can turn back the bioenergetic clock for some people, helping them fend off...