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New Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanism Uncovered in Hunt for TB New Drug

Bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, 3D illustration - Illustration

An investigation by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists has yielded two breakthroughs in the pursuit of combating growing resistance to tuberculosis treatments. First, the team discovered a new strategy that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to evade treatment. They also identified an experimental compound that might help circumvent drug resistance to the most widely used tuberculosis drug, isoniazid.

Tuberculosis is the top infectious disease killer worldwide and growing resistance to...

Great Strides

Woman running in a race

Meghan Newcomer, MS ’16, took a week off last January to fly around the world, but it wasn’t what you’d call a vacation. The Weill Cornell Medicine-trained physician assistant ran the 2018 World Marathon Challenge: seven 26.2-mile races in seven days on seven continents. And she came in second among the field of a dozen women—even winning one of the races, the South American leg in Cartagena, Colombia. “It was definitely a...

Dr. Barbara Hempstead Appointed Dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Barbara Hempstead

New York (January 10, 2019)—Dr. Barbara Hempstead, a preeminent physician-scientist, educator and academic leader, has been appointed dean of the ...

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