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Narrow-Spectrum UV Light May Reduce Surgical Infections

October 16, 2013

New findings suggest that narrow-spectrum UV light could dramatically reduce surgical infections – which remain a serious and stubborn problem, killing up to 8,200 patients a year in the U.S. – without damaging human tissue

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Infection Control
Chemist Devises Imaging Technique to Unlock the Mystery of Memory

October 16, 2013

Wei Min, PhD, has found a way to monitor how living cells make proteins, which may open doors to answering enduring questions in neuroscience about the molecular nature of memory.

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Neuroscience
Marching Band Star Passes the Baton

By Bonita Eaton Enochs

October 15, 2013

Kim Morel-Betances, assistant director of patient access for ColumbiaDoctors, credits a childhood experience in a twirling and marching band with setting her on the path to success.

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Campus News
Efforts to Delay Aging are Better Investment than Advances in Cancer, Heart Disease

October 14, 2013

Research to delay aging would have better population health and economic returns than advances in individual fatal diseases such as cancer or heart disease, according to Mailman study.

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Aging
Air Pollution, Psychological Distress During Pregnancy Linked to Behavior Problems

October 9, 2013

Maternal psychological distress combined with exposure to air pollution during pregnancy have an adverse impact on the child’s behavioral development, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health.

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Global Health
NPR: Proposed Treatment To Fix Genetic Diseases Raises Ethical Issues

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NPR

October 9, 2013
Wall Street Journal: Learning Anatomy in a Digital Age

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The Wall Street Journal

October 9, 2013
P&S Adjunct Faculty Member Wins 2013 Nobel Prize

October 8, 2013

Jim Rothman, adjunct professor of physiology and cellular biophysics at P&S, shares the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Research
New York Times: For 3 Nobel Winners, a Molecular Mystery Solved

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The New York Times

October 8, 2013
C-SPAN: Rep. Iliana Ros-Lehtinen Calls Attention to Rare DNA Syndrome

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C-SPAN

October 7, 2013

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