Cornell University

Biomedical technology

Knitted robotic textile promising for hand edema patients

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a knitted wearable tool to treat hand edema—swelling caused by excess fluid accumulation, from injury or disease—that can be personalized and used in the comfort of one's ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

'Beige fat' could hold key to age-related metabolism change

New research suggests a strategy to ward off age-related weight gain, which could prevent obesity and associated health disorders like type 2 diabetes, heart disease and chronic inflammation.

Health informatics

AI tool gains doctors' trust by giving advice like a colleague

Hospitals have begun using "decision support tools" powered by artificial intelligence that can diagnose disease, suggest treatment or predict a surgery's outcome. But no algorithm is correct all the time, so how do doctors ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Bacterial toxin may trigger multiple sclerosis onset and relapse

A specific toxin-producing gut bacteria may be responsible for both triggering the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) and ongoing disease activity, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine ...

Genetics

Study identifies the human genes enabling SARS-CoV-2 infection

The activity of a gene called CIART is a key factor in the establishment of the viral infection that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York University Grossman School ...

Health

Study: To promote exercise, planners must look beyond cities

To encourage more active lifestyles, public health agencies recommend mixed-use neighborhoods and "complete" streets that are friendlier to walkers and bikers, but new Cornell University research finds that while those strategies ...

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