Tumor Microenvironment Seen as a New Player in Aggressive Lymphomas The environment surrounding the cancerous cells of a lymphoma tumor has a strong influence on the progression of these blood-cell cancers and their responses to therapies...
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Patient-Centered Approach in Treating Thymoma Life at 40 years old was good for Amara MacPhee. She’d lost about 40 pounds, was eating well, enjoyed spending time outside, and, even with a busy professional life, was able to carve out time for...
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Creating a Culture of Mentorship The Englander Institute for Precision Medicine (EIPM) is proud of its track record in creating opportunities for students at every level to learn about the promise and potential of precision medicine to...
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December 31, 2020 Dear Friends of the EIPM, Welcome to our final quarterly newsletter of the 2020! You signed-up on our website to receive this newsletter, and we hope you enjoy learning more about our researchers and the breakthroughs they are...
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New York Study Aims to Assess Utility of Clinical Whole-Genome Sequencing Across Diseases NEW YORK – A clinical research study recently launched by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian, and the New York Genome Center, with...
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Researchers Simplify the Study of Gene-Environment Interactions Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University’s Ithaca campus have developed a new computational method for studying genetic and environmental interactions and how...
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Germline Whole-Exome Sequencing Reveals Potential New Treatment Opportunities in Bladder Cancers DECEMBER 8, 2020 A significant percentage of patients with urothelial cancers have inherited gene variants that drive the progression of these...
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Immunotherapy Extends Survival in Esophageal Cancer December 02, 2020 The immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab, known by its brand name Keytruda, is a safe and effective option for patients with locally advanced and metastatic squamous cell...
Read more Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Illumina Collaborate on Scalable Clinical Whole-Genome Sequencing Initiative Associated Collaboration with the New York Genome Center to Expand Patient Access to Advanced Genomic...
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December 01, 2020 Dear Members of the Englander Institute, The past year will be remembered for the heroic response by the medical community to treat Covid-19 patients, and by the investigators who developed effective treatments and vaccines with...
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Cornell University’s thriving business incubators, accelerators take off October 26, 2020 As a Ph.D. student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Neel Madhukar had figured out a way to accelerate the discovery of new...
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Weill Cornell Medicine Investigators Awarded Grants to Study Cancer Genetics in Underrepresented Populations Drawing on New York’s diverse population, Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have been awarded grants from the New York Genome Center...
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