Human Ecology

U.S. biomedical research faces a serious problem: It takes far too long--up to 17 years by conservative estimates--to move new ideas from basic research into medical practice. The slow crawl of innovation means longer waits for patients who need potentially...

Mona Maitre was worried. One of her patients, a homeless woman, had not shown up for her appointment. Maitre fretted about the woman, who was HIV positive, and the woman's baby. They both needed medicine, food, and support. Each morning, Maitre drove...

Sixty-three U.S. and international patents for pseudo-protein biomaterials have emerged from the Ithaca lab of C. C. Chu, the Rebecca Q. Morgan '60 Professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology--just in the past decade....

For two years running, the Bronx has attained an unwelcome distinction: the unhealthiest of all 62 counties in New York. High rates of adult and childhood obesity, especially in the South Bronx, have helped plunge the borough to the bottom of the and...