Weill Cornell Medical College

Researchers discover master regulator that drives majority of lymphoma

A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients with B-cell lymphomas with mutations affecting the EZH2 protein. However, a research team, led by investigators at Weill Cornell ...

Cancer created May 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cocaine vaccine passes key testing hurdle

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested their novel anti-cocaine vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials. Their study, published online by the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, used a ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How some cancers 'poison the soil' to block metastasis

Cancer spread or metastasis can strike unprecedented fear in the minds of cancer patients. The "seed and the soil" hypothesis proposed by Stephen Paget in 1889 is now widely accepted to explain how cancer cells (seeds) are ...

Cancer created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0