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• NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell physician/scientists lead study concluding that current triple-drug regimens effectively treat large majority of HIV patients.
• Columbia researchers discover that a cancer-causing protein stimulates regeneration in nerve cells damaged by neurological disease or spinal cord injury.
• "Camera Pill" may be useful in diagnosing conditions in the esophagus, according to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell gastroenterologist.
• NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell surgeons among first to implant new stents designed for use in delicate brain vessels.
• Protein in nerve cells discovered to be "on/off switch" for chronic pain by Columbia researchers.
• Physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell improve removal of stroke-inducing blood clots from brain with use of corkscrew-like device.
• NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia physician leads clinical trial to maximize effects of biventricular pacemakers and optimize cardiac output in patients with acute heart failure.
• Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell discover that use of IVIg antibodies improves long-term cognitive ability of Alzheimer's patients.
• Prostate cancer drug developed at Weill Cornell demonstrates anti-tumor activity.
• NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia physicians lead landmark trial demonstrating carotid stenting safe for patients with asymptomatic carotid artery disease.
• NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell physicians first to test gene therapy as potential treatment for Parkinson's disease.
• New incision-free technique for colorectal cancer surgery pioneered by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell surgeons.
• Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital physician/scientist leads international study to find less toxic treatment for children with cancer.
• Genes isolated by Columbia researchers may explain 74% of age-related macular degeneration cases.
• Physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia lead study to confirm that noninvasive gene expression testing from routine blood work can detect heart transplant rejection.