Oncology & Cancer
Skin cancer in people of color
Dark skin does provide some protection against the sun's ultraviolet rays, but it's a myth that people with dark skin tones are immune to the harmful effects of UV radiation.
May 03, 2022
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Columbia University Herbert and Florence Irving Medical Center (CUMC) is an academic medical center and the largest campuses of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. It includes Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health, as well as the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the Audubon Biomedical Research Park, and numerous other institutions.
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Health
Why it's hard to maintain weight loss
About 70% of U.S. adults are trying to lose weight. However, as a result of evolutionary pressures dating back to our most distant ancestors, our bodies are programmed to resist weight loss.
May 02, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists illuminate mechanism of common drug target
Roughly a third of all drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration target a large family of biomolecules, known as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), whose job is to trigger cellular responses to extracellular ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Neuroscience
Widespread brain receptor hides surprising mechanism of action
One of the most important molecules in the brain doesn't work quite the way scientists thought it did, according to new work by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Carnegie Mellon ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Linac booster will aid research into next-generation radiation therapies
Heavy ions could radically improve radiation therapy for treatment of pancreatic cancer and other difficult-to-treat tumors if researchers can better understand how the ions work against cancer.
Apr 11, 2022
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Biomedical technology
New type of ultraviolet light makes indoor air as safe as outdoors
A new type of ultraviolet light that is safe for people took less than five minutes to reduce the level of indoor airborne microbes by more than 98%, a joint study by scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine and antibody treatment effectiveness blunted by all three Omicron subvariants
Only one currently authorized antibody treatment retains its activity against all Omicron subvariants, according to new research by scientists at Columbia University and the University of Hong Kong. The study also shows that ...
Mar 03, 2022
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Neuroscience
Small study finds Alzheimer's-like changes in some COVID patients' brains
A study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons reports that the brains of a small sample of patients who died of COVID display some of the same molecular changes found in the brains ...
Feb 03, 2022
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Neuroscience
Like tiny drill sergeants, neurons identified in spinal cord coordinate our steps
Walking is the most natural of movements. Without thinking, we put one foot forward and then the next, on and on, propelling us forward. So, if we're not consciously directing this complex interplay of nerves and muscles, ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Pediatrics
Babies born during pandemic's first year score slightly lower on a developmental screening test
Columbia researchers found that babies born during the pandemic's first year scored lower on a developmental screening test of social and motor skills at 6 months—regardless of whether their mothers had COVID during pregnancy—compared ...
Jan 04, 2022
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