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Vaccine Improves Outcomes in Lynch Syndrome Model
July 29, 2021 1085 5
Cancer Vaccine Improves Outcomes in Lynch Syndrome Model A new strategy for developing vaccines against cancer showed promise in a proof-of-concept study led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Heidelberg University...
Trial Shows Cell Therapy May Prevent Infections in Patients
July 16, 2021 952 6
Phase 2 Trial Shows Cell Therapy May Prevent Infections in Leukemia Patients Treatment with a ready-made preparation of human immune cells helps prevent infections in people whose immune systems are temporarily weakened by leukemia treatment...
What you'll find in medicine cabinets in 2030
What You'll Find Inside Medicine Cabinets in 2030 The modern medicine cabinet is filled with all sorts of things, from pain relievers and birth control pills to antibiotics and bandages. And if your medicine cabinet is like mine, it's also packed...
Summer 2021 EIPM External Newsletter
Summer 2021 EIPM External Newsletter July 2021 Dear Friend of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Welcome to our second quarterly newsletter of 2021! Thank you for signing-up on our website to receive this newsletter, we hope you...
July 2021 EIPM Director's Memo
July 2021 EIPM Director's Memo Dear Members of the Englander Institute, June was a very busy and successful month for all of us at the Englander Institute. Our work was a major focus within the launch of WCM's "We're...
New Research on How Tumors Evolve to Become Aggressive
July 8, 2021 826 7
Research Suggests How Tumors Evolve to Become Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer Single-cell RNA sequencing of prostate cells from mice with alterations in Pten, RB1 and MYCN identified 10 major cell subtypes and enabled researchers to study...
Juneteenth and the Promise of Medical Equity
June 17, 2021 1298 8
The enormous promise of precision medicine to advance science and speed new, highly targeted therapies to patients is exceeded only by its potential to achieve something even more important: To help bring equity to medicine. Juneteenth is a...
Breast Cancer Risk in African Americans Tied to Genetic Variations
Two gene variants found in African American women may explain why they are more likely to be diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) than white women of European ancestry, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian...
EIPM Director's June 2021 Newsletter
June 1, 2021 1155 4
June 2021 EIPM Director's Memo Dear Members of the Englander Institute, I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter, which is packed with a remarkable number of news stories about the work of our colleagues, their awards, events and...
A Conversation with Dr. Peter Waltman
May 25, 2021 1224 4
We are pleased to introduce our newest EIPM Member Peter Waltman, Ph.D. Dr. Waltman is a Research Associate in Bioinformatics at the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, working in the labs of Director Olivier Elemento, Ph.D., and Andrea...
Mentoring Akanksha Verma
Being a student is special. The best students are full of life and energy, eager to grasp new concepts and not afraid of stumbling on the way to a fuller understanding. The most important thing to do as a mentor is keep this spirit alive and...
Predicting How Prostate Cancer Will Behave
Molecular Characterization Can Help Predict How Prostate Cancer Will Behave Molecular characteristics detected in prostate cancers can provide clues that help predict how the disease will progress, according to new research from investigators at...