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News & Events
June 12, 2024
Putting the Brakes on Chronic Inflammation
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a previously unknown link between two key pathways that regulate the immune system in mammals—a finding that impacts our understanding of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). This family of disorders severely impacts the health and quality of life of more than 2 million people in the United States.
May 2, 2024
Common Type of Fiber May Trigger Bowel Inflammation
Inulin, a type of fiber found in certain plant-based foods and fiber supplements, causes inflammation in the gut and exacerbates inflammatory bowel disease in a preclinical model, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The surprising findings could pave the way for therapeutic diets that may help ease symptoms and promote gut health.November 9, 2023
New Consortium Aims to Transform Understanding of How the Human Body Senses Health and Disease
Introducing the Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Co-Led by Weill Cornell Medicine
September 7, 2022
Discovery Reveals How the Immune System Tolerates Friendly Gut Bacteria
Immune cells called group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) play an essential role in establishing tolerance to symbiotic microbes that dwell in the human gastrointestinal tract, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.
August 29, 2022
Sugar Disrupts Microbiome, Eliminates Protection Against Obesity and Diabetes
A study of mice found that dietary sugar alters the gut microbiome, setting off a chain of events that leads to metabolic disease, pre-diabetes, and weight gain.
July 13, 2022
Scientists Identify a Key Molecular Protector of Gut Health
Immune cells called group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) play an essential role in establishing tolerance to symbiotic microbes that dwell in the human gastrointestinal tract, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.
January 31, 2022
Key Growth Factor Protects Gut from Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A growth factor protein produced by rare immune cells in the intestine can protect against the effects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new discovery from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
December 1, 2021
Novel Immune Cell Population May Trigger Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis and other Brain Disorders
A group of immune cells that normally protect against inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other brain inflammation-related conditions, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers.
August 17, 2021
Key Immune Cells Maintain Healthy Gut Bacteria to Protect Against Colorectal Cancer
An immune cell subset called innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) protects against colorectal cancer, in part by helping to maintain a healthy dialogue between the immune system and gut microbes, according to a new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
April 8, 2021
Immune Signaling Failure May Cause Crohn's Disease
People with Crohn's disease are typically treated with powerful anti-inflammatory medications that act throughout their body, not just in their digestive tract, creating the potential for unintended, and often serious, side effects.
April 17, 2020
Cancer Drug Resistance Dtudy Raises Immune Red Flags
Sooner or later, most cancer patients develop resistance to the very chemotherapy drugs designed to kill their cancer, forcing oncologists to seek alternatives.
April 14, 2020
Immune Cells Heal the Intestine by Controlling Iron
An iron-regulating molecule called hepcidin is produced by the immune system and restricts the growth of gut bacteria after an intestinal injury, helping to heal the lining of the intestine, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Institut Cochin investigators.
May 1, 2019
Kronenberg elected to be a distinguished fellow by the American Association of Immunologists
The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) has named La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) President and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg, a world expert in T cell biology, as an AAI 2019 Distinguished Fellow.
April 30, 2019
Colonna elected to National Academy of Sciences
Two physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year.
November 29, 2018
Shiloh Wins the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award for Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
The awards provide $500,000 over five years to each recipient to support investigators at the Assistant Professor level to study microbial pathogenesis, with a focus on the interplay between human and microbial biology in order to shed light on how human and microbial systems are affected by their encounters.
October 16, 2017
Hultgren elected to National Academy of Medicine
Recognized for distinguished contributions to medicine and health
August 9, 2017
Dr. Gregory Sonnenberg Wins Inaugural Award from the Society for Mucosal Immunology
Dr. Gregory Sonnenberg, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received the newly established Young Investigator Award from the Society for Mucosal Immunology.
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Photo: Color-enhanced histologic image showing intestinal tissue damange in a murine model of intestinal inflammation. Photo Credit: Artis and Sonnenberg laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College.