Another patient, a man in his mid-30s, was asymptomatic when he began treatment, but tests of electrical activity in his muscles indicated that symptoms would likely emerge soon. In three years of ...

The newly identified neurons, a new element of these circuits, are located in the brainstem, the oldest part of the vertebrate brain. Their discovery could lead to new treatments for obesity. “These ...

More information Keith Diaz, PhD, is the Florence Irving Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and ...

“Previous models have been trained on data in particular cell types, usually cancer cell lines or something else that has little resemblance to normal cells,” Rabadan says. Xi Fu, a graduate student ...

Women born in the most sexist U.S. states experienced faster memory decline in later years compared to women born in the least sexist states, a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos ...

The bacterial vaccine proved to be particularly more efficacious than peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines that have been used in numerous previous cancer clinical trials. “The important ...

Additional information Top image of astrocytes and neurons in a dish by Kevin Richetin, University of Lausanne, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Philip De Jager, MD, PhD, is the Weil-Granat Professor of Neurology at ...

More information "Psychosocial experiences are associated with human brain mitochondrial biology" was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on June 18. All authors (from ...

More information The study, “Rare genetic variation in Fibronectin 1 (FN1) protects against APOEε4 in Alzheimer’s disease,” was published online April 10 in the journal Acta Neuropathologica. The ...

Far-UVC light is a promising new technology for reducing airborne virus levels in occupied indoor spaces, but its effectiveness has not been evaluated in real-life scenarios. A study by Columbia ...

We’ve all heard that it’s best to brush our teeth after meals. But in some cases, did you know it is best to hold off brushing, at least temporarily? “We definitely recommend holding off on brushing ...

Columbia University today announced the establishment of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health at Columbia University.The center will catalyze the ...