News: BME

Research reveals the complex signaling that directs formation of intestinal lacteals, the lymphatic channels required for fat absorption in vertebrates. Read more

Cornell science policy resources expand career options, enable broader, more tangible impact. Read more

Professor Jonathan Butcher has helped discover how to ‘turn off’ a key driver of aortic stenosis, identifying the biological process behind certain instances of the disease in which heart valves become calcified and damaged. Read more

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified significant differences in the molecular characteristics of tumors from younger and older cancer patients across several cancer types. Read more

C’Dots, silica-encased nanoparticles developed in the lab of engineering professor Ulrich Wiesner, have just begun their first therapeutic human clinical trial. They’re being further developed by Elucida Oncology Inc., a company co-founded by Wiesner. Read more

A single-cell transcriptomic dataset of mouse skeletal muscle established by Cornell Engineers has become a powerful tool for biological discovery. Read more

Weill Cornell Medicine professor of neurosurgery Michael Kaplitt leads international team including Meinig School professors Chris Schaffer & Nozomi Nishimura Read more

Cornell researchers used machine learning to sort organisms by their functions and use this information to predict with near-perfect accuracy how genes are transferred between them, an approach that could potentially be used to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance. Read more

Meinig School professor is one of ten Cornell faculty members selected to receive prestigious award honoring excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Read more

While some returning students left behind long days at the beach and summer barbeques, the student entrepreneurs in the 2021 cohort of the Kessler Fellows program returned having completed 10-week internships with startups around the nation. Read more