Columbia research finds that some cases of OCD are caused by damaging gene variants that, while rare, provide a needed starting point for the development of better therapeutics.
During Employee Appreciation Week June 21 to 25, CUIMC faculty and staff enjoyed virtual events and experiences designed with their wellness in mind after the stressful past year of the pandemic.
Columbia University virologists Amy Rosenfeld and Vincent Racaniello say that insufficient vaccination, not variants, are to blame for the rise in Covid infections around the world.
While the decision and process to have a baby for a heterosexual couple may be relatively straightforward, for same sex couples, the path to parenthood is quite different.
Around four years ago Martin Picard, a mitochondrial psychobiologist at Columbia University, was pondering the way our cells grow old in a multistep manner.
New guidelines encourage initial screening for colorectal cancer at 45 instead of 50, because younger people are increasingly being diagnosed with the disease, says Columbia's James Church, MD.
