Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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Nervous System Puts the Brakes on Inflammation

Nervous System Puts the Brakes on Inflammation

Cells in the nervous system can “put the brakes” on the immune response to infections in the gut and lungs to prevent excessive inflammation, according to research by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. This insight may one day lead to new ways to treat diseases caused by unchecked inflammation, such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.   

IMP Students: Entering Class 2017

IMP Students: Entering Class 2016

IMP Students: Entering Class 2015

IMP Students: Entering Class 2014

Trainee Statistics and Outcomes

Weill Cornell, together with Cornell University and nine other U.S. institutions, is a founding member of the Coalition for Next Generation Life Science (CNGLS). The mission of CNGLS is to provide life science trainees with clear, standardized data on graduate school and postdoctoral fellow demographics and outcome metrics. Such transparency is expected to aid prospective trainees as they make career and institution choices. 

IMP Students: Entering Class 2013

IMP Students: Entering Class 2012

IMP Students: Entering Class 2011

Conscious Effort

Hugh Hemmings with colleague

The modern concept of general anesthesia dates back to the 1840s, when doctors and dentists began giving patients ether before operations. Until then, surgery—whether to pull a tooth, remove a tumor or even amputate a limb—had been a violent and painful business. A patient might have been dulled by alcohol or opium—or even knocked unconscious with a blow to the head—but in most cases a team of strongmen would have held him down as he screamed in agony. The ability to reliably render a patient temporarily insensate was revolutionary.