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Diabetes
CUMC Gets Donation for Diabetes Work
| Mar 24Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital received a $28 million donation last week from the Russell Berrie Foundation for diabetes research.
Celebrities, Diabetics Unite to Raise Awareness
By Maggie Astor
| Oct 11
Columbia University Medical Center’s Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center held a major fundraising event, dubbed Art Rocks!, off Chelsea Piers Wednesday night. Over 500 guests gathered on the Seafair yacht to dance and raise awareness for diabetes alongside designer Tommy Hilfiger and former American Idol contestants Elliott Yamin and Constantine Maroulis.
According to a New Study
A new study at Columbia has shown the human skeleton to be part of the endocrine system, according to an article published in the Aug. 10 issue of Cell. While bones were previously thought to serve only a structural function, Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D., and chair of the genetics and development department at the Columbia University Medical School, has found them to serve a more dynamic role.
