A model that examines the dynamics underlying suicide contagion following a celebrity death could help in developing a rapid response to prevent suicide.
The study by Columbia researchers adds to emerging evidence that environmental metals are preventable risk factors of cardiovascular disease and mortality.
Four Columbia researchers were awarded pilot grants—made possible by proceeds from Velocity, Columbia’s annual cycling fundraiser—to support their early-stage cancer research.
A “loopy” discovery in bacteria is raising fundamental questions about the makeup of our own genome. And revealing a potential wellspring of material for new genetic therapies.
A study led by Columbia neurosurgeons has found that MRI-guided laser ablation is a viable treatment that can provide lasting seizure control for people with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy.
Grants management expert Jaime Rubin, PhD, is sharing her expertise in Kosovo to help the government develop systems and programs to best support the country's researchers.
Many researchers believe that the neurodegenerative disorder gets started in the gut. Columbia research now suggests that an autoimmune reaction may be driving those early events.
Columbia researchers have identified brain circuits that, when injured, make conscious patients with acute brain injury appear unresponsive, a phenomenon known as hidden consciousness.
Members of a task force met with researchers, school research leadership, and research leaders from other academic medical centers to identify ways to strengthen computing and IT resources at CUIMC.
The genetic changes that made it possible for humans to walk upright have been uncovered in a study that also shows how slight variations in skeletal proportions are linked to arthritis.