Cornell Dots or C Dots are tiny glass-encased beacons  that some hope will greatly improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. They are about a million times smaller than either one of your eyeballs.  This comparison is by no means trivial; already, C Dots are revolutionizing human optical capability.

A Cornell professor says that watching local TV news coverage of cancer could increase fatalistic thoughts about the disease and lead to poor health habits.

Zachary Schulz is now a part of a potentially life-saving team of researchers, working on methods to improve drug delivery to brain tumors.

Everyone — from Alicia Keys, 50 Cent and Rhianna to students at the University — are urging the people around them to register as bone marrow donors.

Did you spot a huge blow-up canvas duck on Ho Plaza this Tuesday? It was the Society for Natural Resource Conservation (SNRC) raising awareness about the beginning of their PVC-free campaign. 

Joel Schrok, med, discusses the need for greater public support for science.

A recent University study discovers a molecule that blocks tumor growth.

On Friday, Prof. Moonsoo Jin, biomedical engineering, lectured about his medical research.  He found evidence that inflammation may be used to diagnosis cancer at early stages, and he believes that removing inflammation in patients may prevent cancer progression.

Thousands of Cornell and Ithaca College students pulled all-nighters on Saturday for a perhaps more deserving cause than an unwritten paper or next-day exam.

The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Cornell and Ithaca College was held in Barton Hall this past weekend to raise money and awareness for all types of cancer research.

The Relay was kicked off by a celebratory “Survivors Lap,” as men and women distinguished by their purple shirts displaying “survivor” in bold print marched triumphantly, fueled by a steady applause from thousands of supporters.

Last week, lawmakers gathered in Albany to meet with New York Gov. David Patterson in response to his new budget that failed to include funding for research programs that were funded last year. One noticeable absence was $450,000 in funding towards Cornell’s Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors. According to Newsday, without these same funds that the program received last year, the researchers would be forced to discontinue their work. The proposal also did not include the $300,000 for a hotline for breast cancer patients and their families based out of Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y.