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Future treatments for hearing loss—including gene therapy—could come to rely on a tiny 3D-printed microneedle designed by a close-knit team of Columbia physicians and engineers.
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Columbia researchers have found that women born in the most sexist U.S. states experience faster memory decline in later life compared to women born in the least sexist states.
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Researchers have learned how to stimulate the immune system in animal models to produce large quantities of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV—a prerequisite for an effective vaccine.
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Ovaries are the fastest aging organ in the body, but the least studied organ in aging research. New findings from Columbia's Yousin Suh suggests ovarian aging has lessons for us all.
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- February 23, 2024
A new study in mice reveals how the brain can identify familiar individuals and recall past experiences with them; the findings could shed light on disorders affecting memory.
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- February 21, 2024
The number of nurses holding state legislative office in the United States has declined significantly over the past decade, investigators from Columbia Nursing report in a new study.
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- February 19, 2024
Some cancer cells escape their tumors and stay dormant in other parts of the body before seeding metastases. Columbia researchers have identified a switch that could put the cells back to sleep.
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- February 16, 2024
Social inequity was associated with lower use of an epidural or spinal pain reliever during childbirth, especially among Black patients.
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- February 16, 2024
Charels Drew, MD, earned his doctor of medical science degree at VP&S for research that led to the first large-scale blood bank program in the United States.
- February 16, 2024
What happens when four-time Grammy winner Terri Lyne Carrington spends a year with brain scientists?
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- February 16, 2024
A combination of a diabetes drug and a PI3K inhibitor may have potential in preventing melanoma from spreading to the liver, according to a study from Columbia cancer researchers.
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- February 14, 2024
The CUIMC Healthy Aging Initiative will host its first Healthspan Extension Summit later this spring, highlighting the work of CUIMC researchers in basic, clinical, and population health sciences.
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- February 14, 2024
An inventor of new ways to manipulate molecules inside living cells to treat a wide range of conditions was inspired to become a scientist after reading the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes.
- February 9, 2024
The Afternoon of Science series at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons continued Feb. 5 with presentations from Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics faculty.
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