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April 26, 2007
Dr. Carl Nathan, R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology and Chairman of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 4-26-07
Dr. Carl Nathan's investigative research has focused on the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity. These studies utilize genetic, biochemical, and cell biological approaches to understand how macrophages and neutrophils kill microbial pathogens, tumor cells, and host cells. The immunological role of nitric oxide has become a significant focus of his investigations.
Dr. Nathan is the author or co-author of more than 187 scientific articles and more than 87 monographs, book chapters, and reviews. He has served as an editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine since 1988, and also has editorial responsibilities for the Journal of Clinical Investigation and the journal Molecular Medicine. He was recently honored with election to the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine.
Weill Cornell Medical College—located in New York City—is committed to excellence in research, teaching, patient care and the advancement of the art and science of medicine. The Medical College, which is a principal academic affiliate of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, offers an innovative curriculum that integrates the teaching of basic and clinical sciences, problem-based learning, office-based preceptorships, and primary care and doctoring courses. Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research in such areas as stem cells, genetics and gene therapy, geriatrics, neuroscience, structural biology, cardiovascular medicine, AIDS, obesity, cancer and psychiatry—and continue to delve ever deeper into the molecular basis of disease in an effort to unlock the mysteries behind the human body and the malfunctions that result in serious medical disorders.
Weill Cornell Medical College is the birthplace of many medical advances—from the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer to the synthesis of penicillin, the first successful embryo-biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S., and most recently, the world’s first clinical trial for gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease. Weill Cornell’s Physician Organization includes 650 clinical faculty, who provide the highest quality of care to their patients.
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