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A New Tool for Discovering Structural Variations

September 26, 2022

An advanced software tool for analyzing DNA sequences from tumor samples has uncovered likely new cancer-driving genes, in a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

In the study, published Sept. 26 in Nature Communications, the researchers designed the software, known as...

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Dr. Melissa B. Davis

Biological Links Identified Between an Aggressive Breast Cancer Type and African Ancestry

September 19, 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified definitive biological links between African ancestry and disease processes that affect an aggressive cancer type called triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Their analysis of TNBC tumors from a diverse patient population yielded a large set of genes whose expression differed in patients with African ancestry...

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Alzheimer’s Disease Causes Major Metabolic Changes in the Brain

September 14, 2022

A collaboration between Weill Cornell Medicine scientists and other leaders in Alzheimer’s disease research has revealed widespread metabolic changes in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The findings could lead to the development of new treatments aimed at ameliorating the metabolic effects of the disease.

For the study, published July 13 in Alzheimer...

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