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Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. However, political differences over who is responsible will shape the country’s next phase of drug policy.

Historically, Americans have viewed people who use opioids as primarily responsible for the overdose crisis, with conservatives especially emphasizing...

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A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the first time, in a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.

The research, published Dec. 31 in Cancer Discovery, demonstrates a practical...

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Pain-sensing neurons in the gut kindle inflammatory immune responses that cause allergies and asthma, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings, published Jan. 7 in Nature, suggest that current drugs may not be as effective because they only address the immune component of these conditions, overlooking the contribution of neurons.

“Today’s blockbuster biologics are sometimes only 50% effective and...

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Upcoming Seminars

January 20, 2026 - 5:00pm
Guest Speaker: Carla Ritagliati, Ph.D. Instructor Department of Pharmacology Weill Cornell Medicine Seminar Title: “The Role of cAMP in Sperm Motility as the Basis for sAC-Targeting Contraceptives” Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Location: Room: A-250, Anne Evans Estabrook Lecture Hall 1300 York Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10065 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM Host: Drs. Jochen Buck & Lonny Levin
January 22, 2026 - 1:00pm
“Atlas of Lysosomal Aging: Revealing a Molecular Clock of Storage-Associated Metabolites” Ania Puszynska, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Host: Dr. Andres Leschziner For more information, please call- (646) 962-2759
January 30, 2026 - 1:00pm
"Exploring the function of type-I interferon-encompassing chromosome 9p21.3 deletion in glioblastoma" Tao Wang, PhD candidate in Neuroscience (Parada lab), Sloan Kettering Institute, MSKCC

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The 2024 Hertz Fellows will address the most pressing challenges facing our nation.

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2024 NSF GRFP Awardees
Congratulations to the 2024 NSF GRFP awardees and honorable mentions from our Weill Cornell Grad School community.

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Congratulations to Aakanksha Rajiv Kapoor | PhRMA Foundation Fellowship in Drug Discovery, awarded January 2023 | BCMB Allied PhD Program | Mentored by Vivek Mittal at Weill Cornell Medicine | “Determine Mechanisms by Which Club Cell Secreted Proteins Inhibit Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells to Increase Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer

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