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New Study Adds More Evidence For Omicron Immune Evasion

(This article was updated on Dec. 23 when the study was published in Nature).

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Experimental Gene Therapy Reverses Sickle Cell Disease For Years

A study of an investigational gene therapy for sickle cell disease has found that a single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of the disease for at least three years in some patients.

New Findings Reveal How The Brain’s Memory Center Filters Out Unimportant Details

A study in mice that sheds light on how the brain remembers key details could one day help treat disorders impacting memory

Upending Decades Of Dogma, Brain Cells In Mice That Create Mental Maps Are More Connected Than Previously Thought

New techniques for monitoring small groups of brain cells in mice challenge a tenet of how neurons work together to form memories

Bringing High-Speed Internet To More Americans

Columbia Engineering professor Henning Schulzrinne unpacks President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill and its promise to expand broadband access for people in rural and low-income areas.

With A Little Twist, Researchers Delve Into A Quantum Physics Puzzle

The best known semiconductor—silicon—famously blurs the line between metal and insulator. Sometimes it conducts electricity, like copper, and other times it stops electrical currents, like a block of wood.

Lung Maintains Long-Term Memory of COVID Infection

After infection with SARS-CoV-2, where does the immune system store the memory to provide long-term protection against reinfection?

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Intensified Discrimination Against East Asians, South Asians, and Hispanics in the U.S., Says New Study

For close to two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the United States where we have witnessed untold deaths, experienced severe illness, and withstood economic uncertainties.

It’s True: Stress Does Turn Hair Gray (And It’s Reversible)

Thanks to “jumping” genes, the genomes of social species have become larger than those of their nonsocial relatives.

Being Social Generates Larger Genomes in Snapping Shrimp

Thanks to “jumping” genes, the genomes of social species have become larger than those of their nonsocial relatives.

First Day Of Attempt To Quit Smoking Is Especially Tough For Women

A study of smokers found that the first day of a quit attempt is more challenging for women than men in 12 low- and middle-income countries, where around 60 percent of the world’s smokers live.

Is Vaping New Gateway Into Further Substance Use?

Adolescent Vapers Much More Likely to Use Cannabis and Binge Drink

Recreational Cannabis Use By Teens Linked to Risk of Depression, Suicidality

A Columbia University study has found that teens who use cannabis recreationally are two to four times as likely to develop psychiatric disorders, such as depression and suicidality, than teens who don’t use cannabis at all.

Mpox Antiviral Outcomes Are Similar Regardless of HIV Status

Mpox patients treated with tecovirimat, an antiviral drug widely used since last summer's outbreak, had similar outcomes regardless of HIV status, researchers at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine have found.

60 Years Later, High School Quality May Have a Long-Term Impact on Cognition

A study(link is external and opens in a new window) of more than 2,200 adults who attended U.S. high schools in the early 1960s found that those who attended higher-quality schools had better cognitive function 60 years later.

Accelerated Biological Aging May Contribute to Depression and Anxiety

A study by researchers at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and Peking University School of Public Health provides some of the first, large-scale evidence that processes of biological aging may contribute to the risk of depression and anxiety.

Momen-Heravi Identifies Causes of Racial Disparities in Head and Neck Cancers

In a recently published study, Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, DDS, MPH, PhD, MS, an associate professor at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and director of the head and neck cancer research group at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, has identified a number of genomic alterations and molecular signatures in head and neck cancers (HNC) that may explain the disparities in screening, detection, treatment, and survival between racial groups.

Alzheimer’s: New Study Supports Amyloid Hypothesis But Suggests Alternative Treatment

An analysis of human brain cells provides new evidence in support of the “amyloid hypothesis,” the prevailing idea that Alzheimer's is caused by the accumulation of beta-amyloid proteins in the brain.