Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Bone-health start-up anchors new kind of food innovation in Ithaca

Seen Nutrition won $500,000 at the state-funded Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Startup Competition. 

New immune cell suspects in lupus

The findings could redirect lupus research and open the door to more precise therapies that avoid broad immune suppression.

Molecular switch could cause painful side effect of chemo

Chemotherapy activates a stress sensor in immune cells, which may help explain why many cancer patients experience debilitating pain as a side effect, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and Wake Forest University researchers.

New tech can unlock mysteries of genome’s hidden half

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome.

Reviving exhausted immune cells boosts tumor elimination

A new study shows that tumors not only evade the immune system but can actively reprogram immune cells to stop fighting.

Hypertension affects the brain much earlier than expected

Hypertension impairs blood vessels, neurons and white matter in the brain well before the condition causes a measurable rise in blood pressure, according to a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

With near-mythical look and taste, unicorn kale hits the market

The "it" vegetable just got a glow-up, fulfilling consumers' desires for quirky and aesthetically pleasing foods.

Celebrating the 50th Startup Cornell podcast at Eclectic Convergence

This episode features speakers and attendees recorded live during the Oct. 31 conference at Cornell Tech in New York City.

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Bone density builder wins top prize at food hackathon

The weekend event involved more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from across Cornell.

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