Obstetrics & Gynecology

News and Events

Programs and providers of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine are often the focus of news stories and features appearing in major national media. We invite you to review some stories that typify the breakthrough accomplishments of our remarkable team and highlight the impact our care has had on patient’s lives.

Dr. Gunisha Kaur Appointed to Federal Commission on Religious Freedom

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Weill Cornell Medicine anesthesiologist Dr. Gunisha Kaur, B.S. ’06, M.D. ’10, has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan legislative branch agency that globally monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer appointed her to the position, which carries a two-year term. USCIRF was created by the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act and comprises nine commissioners, supported by a non-partisan professional staff. Three commissioners are appointed by the President of the United States, three by U.S. Senate leadership, and three by leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Senator Schumer recommended Dr. Kaur – in part – because she has “extensive experience in human rights and community leadership,” he said in a statement. “I am confident that she will bring her deep medical, academic, research, religious and leadership expertise to her service on the Commission.”

New Tool Empowers Research on Key Proteins

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A new single-protein analysis technique gives researchers an unprecedented ability to study proteins called scramblases, which have critical roles in biology. The development of the new technique, in a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, expands the toolkit available to cell biologists and biophysicists and could someday be useful in devising new strategies against multiple diseases.

Scramblases operate within cell membranes to rearrange the fat-related molecules, known as lipids, that make up those membranes. Their disruption of the usual layered organization of the membrane is essential for many important biological processes. In the study, published June 15 in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, theresearchers developed a fluorescence imaging-based technique—the first of its kind—for measuring the activity rates of individual scramblase proteins. Their demonstrations of the technique uncovered new findings on key scramblases, and showcased the technique’s broad applicability.

Experimental Treatment Directly Kills Prostate Tumor Cells While Reawakening Antitumor Immunity

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Prostate-targeted, engineered nanoparticles made of amorphous silica are effective in killing prostate tumors directly while enhancing anti-tumor immunity, according to a preclinical study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell College of Engineering. The particles, derived from silicon dioxide, a common component of healthy foods or fossilized sedimentary structures from single-celled organisms, induced several complete remissions of aggressive tumors in mouse models, supporting the further investigation of their use in clinical trials.

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