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Oncology & Cancer

Tumors change their metabolism to spread more effectively

Cancer cells can disrupt a metabolic pathway that breaks down fats and proteins to boost the levels of a byproduct called methylmalonic acid, thereby driving metastasis, according to research led by scientists at Weill Cornell ...

Medications

Promising nose spray could prevent, treat COVID-19

A newly discovered small molecule could be sprayed into people's noses to prevent COVID-19 illness prior to exposure and provide early treatment if administered soon after infection, according to a study in mice led by Cornell ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Economist helps solve COVID-19 missing data problems

When the novel virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged in the early months of 2020, questions about its transmissibility and severity were urgent to public health—but data from test results was limited by questionable accuracy and the ...

Oncology & Cancer

Preclinical model may shed light on eye disease

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a preclinical model of the leading cause of central vision loss in older individuals and used it to identify new treatment modalities and drug targets.

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