Pre-existing Immunity to Dengue and West Nile Viruses May Cause Increased Risk in Zika-Infected
As the Zika virus continues to spread rapidly across the globe, it might pose a particular risk to people previously infected with two related viruses, dengue and West Nile, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found. Their study, published...
Mount Sinai Researchers Receive $13 Million NIH Grant to Study Connection Between Stress-Associated Brain Activity and Cardiovascular Risk
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded $13 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a five-year research program that aims to uncover the mechanisms by which stress...
Novel Tool Finds Genetic Variations That Predict Disease
Sequencing-based genetic tests are making personalized medicine a reality for patients who carry certain mutations for serious diseases, including breast and prostate cancer. Armed with information about the pathogenicity of such variants in their genome, these...
New Institute for Exposomic Research Will Study Lifelong Effects of Environmental Exposures
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is establishing the Institute for Exposomic Research under the leadership of Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH, and Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH, two international leaders in environmental health. The Institute, the first in the...
Working Toward a Universal Flu Vaccine
Peter Palese, PhD, chair of the department of microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the microbiology of flu vaccination and his work on a universal flu vaccine. "In the U.S. alone every year, estimates are that between 30,000 and...
‘The Decade of the Developing Brain’ Panel Focuses on Environment and Lifelong Health
“The Decade of the Developing Brain,” a symposium held in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health’s Children’s Environmental Health Center, could arguably be summed up by these three points: “Our environment is...
All in the Family: New Research Explains How Family Members Can Impact an Autism Diagnosis
Children who have older siblings or frequent interaction with grandparents are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) earlier than those who do not, according to new research conducted at The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai, and...
Mount Sinai Researchers Publish Results of First-of-Its-Kind iPhone Asthma Study
Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published results from a pioneering study of asthma patients in the U.S. conducted entirely via iPhone using the Apple ResearchKit framework and the Asthma Health app developed at Mount Sinai with...
STAT News: A Q&A with Diane Meier on Palliative Medicine
Diane Meier, MD, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care at The Mount Sinai Hospital, talks with STAT News about her pioneering work in palliative medicine, which seeks to optimize patients' quality of life by preventing or reducing their suffering. "The...