CUIMC’s Ice Cream Social united staff and community, offering treats, connection, and a visit from new Columbia president ...

The images revealed two locations on the muscle protein, called the ryanodine receptor, where a statin called simvastatin binds, opening a channel in the receptor and allowing calcium to flow through.

Review on-campus housing options for full-time students at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Apply year-round based on availability. Housing assignments are for the full academic year.

In a new study of unresponsive patients with recent brain injuries, bursts of activity—called sleep spindles—in EEG recordings often preceded the detection of hidden consciousness, return of ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Most of us have experienced the effects of moods and emotions on our gastrointestinal tract, from “butterflies” in the stomach caused by nervousness to a loss of appetite when we’re feeling blue. A ...

Surgical sterilization rates among women increased in the United States after a 2022 Supreme Court ruling (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health) overturned the constitutional right to abortion, found ...

Any time is a good time to take control of your financial well-being. On Tuesday, June 25, at noon, CU Thrive will host a financial wellness event for employees. Columbia experts will tackle topics ...

Two independent studies by Columbia scientists suggest that research into the gut’s stem cells over the past 15 years has been marred by a case of mistaken identity: Scientists have been studying the ...

Columbia neuroscientists have identified a genetic mutation that fends off Alzheimer's in people at high risk and could lead to a new way to protect people from the disease.

“The results show that far-UVC is highly effective at reducing airborne pathogens in an ordinary occupied room, and so it’s practical to use far-UVC light in indoor areas where people are going about ...