Editor's Note: This article appeared on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on May 9, 2024 with the headline "Finding a Drug to Keep Weight Off Is Next Goal".
High school students who participated in a new community health education program created by a Columbia medical student celebrated their accomplishments at a graduation event.
A new study reveals how bone marrow stem cell niche generation is regulated, which could lead to improvements in stem cell transplantation for the treatment of blood diseases.
“This has potential for human health, where we can understand better how to make cell replacement therapies,” said Kristin Baldwin, an author of the study and a neuroscientist at Columbia University.
According to Daichi Shimbo, a cardiologist at Columbia University and the study's lead author, this research marks a step toward understanding how different negative emotions affect physical health.
Arthur G. Palmer and Oliver Hobert of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics were selected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in research.
A study co-led by Columbia scientists suggests a nutrient transporter located at the blood-brain barrier could be commandeered to sneak therapeutic drugs into the brain.
