Researchers have identified two types of neurons that enable the spinal cord to control skilled forelimb movement. The findings could lead to new ways to treat movement disorders.
CUMC Celebrates acknowledges faculty, staff, and students at CUMC who receive major research grants or earn prestigious honors, as well as gifts made by donors.
It’s hard to imagine anyone with a more personal connection to her work than Maryluz Rivera. Ms. Rivera, who works with renal transplant patients, is a kidney donor herself.
Scientists at the New York Stem Cell Foundation and CUMC have created the first disease-specific embryonic stem cell line using nuclear transfer technology.