Dr. Samie Jaffrey, the Greenberg-Starr Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a five-year, $5.5 million NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for the comprehensive study of how messenger RNAs are regulated in cells by small molecules called metabolites.

A new preclinical study from researchers at Penn State College of Medicine revealed blocking a specific protein makes pediatric cancer cells easier to detect and more vulnerable to treatment, potentially boosting effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy.

State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. joined Binghamton University President Anne D’Alleva, faculty, staff, and students on Oct. 1 to announce a $10 million investment to establish a Nursing Simulation Center of Excellence at Binghamton’s Innovative Simulation and Practice Center (ISPC) at Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences in Johnson City, New York.

Researchers led by the Greenwood Genetic Center have identified an unexpected connection between variants in the IDUA gene and inherited retinal disease. The international study found that individuals with changes in both copies of IDUA developed retinitis pigmentosa without many of the broader health problems typically associated with MPS I. Functional studies at GGC suggest that residual enzyme activity may help explain this unusual presentation, highlighting the importance of combining genetic testing with functional studies to improve diagnosis of inherited blindness.