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August 28, 2025

Cornell researchers have uncovered the genetic triggers that cause male and female bovine embryos to develop differently, as early as seven to eight days after fertilization.

August 6, 2025

The findings of a new study reveal how the current instructions for reconstituting powdered formula are ambiguous and can fail to protect against potentially fatal food-borne bacteria.

July 22, 2025

Dr. Jennifer Downs of Weill Cornell Medicine is collaborating with Tanzanian researchers to treat schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm infection affecting 250 million people worldwide.

June 11, 2025

Cornell researchers have discovered a new cell signaling pathway involved in ovulation, a potential target for future research on infertility, contraception and ovarian disease.

June 10, 2025

A clinical trial in patients with advanced breast cancer has found the use of liquid biopsy blood tests for early detection of a treatment-resistant mutation, followed by a new type of treatment, substantially extends the period of tumor control.

May 14, 2025

Tirzepatide (trade name Zepbound) promoted greater weight loss in individuals with obesity than semaglutide (trade name Wegovy) in a clinical trial that compared the safety and efficacy of the injectable drugs.

May 2, 2025

The American Society for Nutrition Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation recognized Julia Finkelstein, associate professor in Nutritional Sciences, for her work on in vitamin B12 and one-carbon metabolism.

April 18, 2025

The same protein accumulates in the joints of both dogs and humans after ACL injury, which means using dogs as a model for study may vastly accelerate advances in understanding of both ACL injury and post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

April 2, 2025

Pregnancy may offer some protection from developing long COVID, found a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, University of Utah Health and Louisiana Public Health Institute.

March 14, 2025

A study out of Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University provides critical insight for the development of a vaccine that can more effectively block the spread of cytomegalovirus across the placenta to babies before they’re born.

February 17, 2025

New research has resulted in the first high-resolution molecular picture of the inner lining of the equine uterus, highlighting surprising similarities in immune cells between early human and horse pregnancy given the vastly different placentas.

February 12, 2025

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients – not from other organ sites, as previously thought – according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University of California San Diego Health.