“We know that many cancers exploit nearby neurons to fuel their growth, but outside of cancers in the brain, these interactions have been attributed to the secretion of growth factors broadly or ...

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 ...

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 ...

You probably know vitamin D is important. It’s vital to bone health, muscle movement, nerve connections to the brain, and immune system function.

Additional information. The study, "Expanded Newborn Screening Using Genome Sequencing for Early Actionable Conditions," was published online October 24 in JAMA.Funding for the study was provided by ...

The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize was established in 1967 by the late S. Gross Horwitz. It is named in honor of the donor's mother, Louisa Gross Horwitz, who was the ...

Columbia researchers found an increase in surgical sterilization among women after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes seemed like an open book. By reading and decoding our chromosomes as linear strings of letters, like sentences in a novel, we can ...

Financial well-being can impact nearly all areas of your life, including your physical and mental health. Even an additional $5,000 per year can give you a measurably longer and healthier life, ...

It is becoming well established that maternal stress during pregnancy can affect fetal and child development as well as birth outcomes, and a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos ...

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 ...

More information. The study, titled “222-nm far-UVC light markedly reduces the level of infectious airborne virus in an occupied room,” was published March 20 in Scientific Reports. Other authors (all ...