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A new technology devised by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) enables the measurement of gene mutations and their effects on gene activity within individual cancer cells biopsied from patients.

The advance, reported July 3 in Nature, allows researchers to study, in unprecedented detail, the complex dynamics of cancerous cell populations during the course of disease and in response to therapies. That could lead to more effective new anticancer...

Heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes are known as “silent killers,” so named because they often have subtle symptoms that go undetected. While osteoporosis may seem an unlikely addition to that list, Dr. Matthew Greenblatt says the common bone-thinning disease can be just as quiet, debilitating—and deadly. “For older people who fall and fracture their hip, there is a very low chance they’ll ever walk again,” he says. “And there’s a surprisingly high chance they’...

Dr. Katharine Hsu, M.D. ’94, Ph.D. ’93, professor of medicine and attending physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, has been awarded the Weill Cornell Graduate School Alumni Award of Distinction.

Since 1997, graduate school alumni have been recognized with this award for their outstanding contributions to biomedical research in education, focusing on science and scholarship, leadership, mentoring and teaching, and service to society.

“I am so honored that my peers...

For Ngozi Monu, the key to success is balance. By the time she entered medical school, she was a two-time Olympian with a doctorate. She then discovered new challenges as she became a mother of two while earning her medical degree. Now Monu is working to balance her home life with her future career as an obstetrician/gynecologist – while striving for excellence in both.