A protein that masterminds the way DNA is wrapped within chromosomes has a major role in the healthy functioning of blood stem cells, which produce all blood cells in the body, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine...
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Fall 2021 Englander Institute Newsletter October 2021 Dear Friend of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Welcome to our third quarterly newsletter of 2021, we hope you enjoy learning more about the important progress...
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Key Immune Cells Maintain Healthy Gut Bacteria to Protect Against Colorectal Cancer An immune cell subset called innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) protects against colorectal cancer, in part by helping to maintain a healthy dialogue between...
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July 2021 EIPM Director’s Memo Dear Members of the Englander Institute, June was a very busy and successful month for all of us at the Englander Institute. Our work was a major focus within the launch of WCM’s “We’re...
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The enormous promise of precision medicine to advance science and speed new, highly targeted therapies to patients is exceeded only by its potential to achieve something even more important: To help bring equity to medicine. Juneteenth is a...
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We are pleased to introduce our newest EIPM Member Pinkal Desai, M.D. Dr. Desai is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the WCM Hematology and Medical Oncology Department and is the Charles, Lillian, and Betty Neuwirth Clinical Scholar in...
Read moreThe following article appeared in the New York Times. How Are You Feeling? Surveys Aim to Detect Covid-19 Hot Spots Early Scientists have persuaded Britons and Israelis to fill out questionnaires about their health, to get ahead of the...
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The following article appeared in the Winter 2020 edition of Weill Cornell Medicine magazine. A Keen Eye–In an IVF breakthrough, artificial intelligence helps identify the embryos most likely to lead to successful pregnancies Since its...
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Using Precision Medicine to Care for Patients with Movement Disorders As Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Institute, Claire Henchcliffe, M.D., D.Phil., leads an outpatient program that specializes in the diagnosis...
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Growing up in Georgia, Melissa B. Davis, Ph.D., was aware of the lack of representation that doctors of color had in her hometown and she was inspired to become a doctor. When she was exposed to the world of medical research during a summer...
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Artificial Intelligence Approach Optimizes Embryo Selection for IVF A new artificial intelligence approach by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, including scientists from the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, can identify with a...
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Jenny Zhaoying Xiang, M.D., is a Member of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Director of the Genomics Resources Core Facility (GRCF), Professor of Research in Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, and a faculty...
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