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Low cost pain drug can kill resistant tuberculosis

An off-patent anti-inflammatory drug that costs around two cents for a daily dose in developing countries has been found by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College to kill both replicating and non-replicating drug resistant ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Low cost pain drug can kill resistant tuberculosis

An off-patent anti-inflammatory drug that costs around two cents for a daily dose in developing countries has been found by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College to kill both replicating and non-replicating drug resistant ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers clock the speed of brain signals

Two studies featuring research from Weill Cornell Medical College have uncovered surprising details about the complex process that leads to the flow of neurotransmitters between brain neurons -- a dance of ...

Neuroscience created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Double drug combo could shut down abnormal blood vessel growth that feeds disease

A new study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College shows combining two already-FDA approved drugs may offer a new and potent punch against diseases in which blood vessel growth is abnormal—such as cancer, diabetic ...

Medical research created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Learning to overcome fear is difficult for teens, brain study finds

A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers shows that adolescents' reactions to threat remain high even when the danger is no longer present. According to researchers, once a teenager's brain is triggered by ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

New definition of autism in DSM-5 will not exclude most children with autism, new study says

Parents should not worry that proposed changes to the medical criteria redefining a diagnosis of autism will leave their children excluded and deemed ineligible for psychiatric and medical care, says a team of researchers ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Two genetic deletions in human genome linked to aggressive prostate cancer development

An international research team led by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators have discovered two inherited-genetic deletions in the human genome linked to development of aggressive prostate cancer. The findings, published ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Distinct molecular subtype of prostate cancer identified

A collaborative expedition into the deep genetics of prostate cancer has uncovered a distinct subtype of the disease, one that appears to account for up to 15 percent of all cases, say researchers at Weill Cornell Medical ...

Genetics created May 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mass spectrometry helps researchers 'watch' how antibiotics attack tuberculosis bacteria inside cells

Weill Cornell Medical College researchers report that mass spectrometry, a tool currently used to detect and measure proteins and lipids, can also now allow biologists to "see" for the first time exactly how drugs work inside ...

Medical research created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancerous tumors deliver pro-metastatic information in secreted vesicles

Cancer researchers have known for well over a century that different tumor types spread only to specific, preferred organs. But no one has been able to determine the mechanisms of organ specific metastasis, the so-called ...

Cancer created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New gene therapy approach developed for red blood cell disorders

A team of researchers led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College has designed what appears to be a powerful gene therapy strategy that can treat both beta-thalassemia disease and sickle cell anemia. They have also ...

Genetics created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists unravel role of fusion gene in prostate cancer

Up to half of all prostate cancer cells have a chromosomal rearrangement that results in a new "fusion" gene and formation of its unique protein -- but no one has known how that alteration promotes cancer growth. Now, Weill ...

Cancer created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers reveal crucial immune fighter role of the STING protein

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have unlocked the structure of a key protein that, when sensing certain viruses and bacteria, triggers the body's immediate immune response.

Medical research created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop novel anti-body vaccine that blocks addictive nicotine chemicals from reaching the brain

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed and successfully tested in mice an innovative vaccine to treat nicotine addiction.

Medical research created Jun 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Study identifies genetic basis of human metabolic individuality

In what is so far the largest investigation of its kind, researchers uncovered a wide range of new insights about common diseases and how they are affected by differences between two persons' genes. The results from this ...

Genetics created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast