Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai

New research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has found that cancer cells can spread without the benefit of a primary tumor and remain dormant for months or even years before triggering aggressive, deadly breast cancer metastases. This surprising new...

The discovery of a novel type of microbe found in laboratory mice at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has shed new light on the existence of similar organisms in humans, which may help boost the immune system and protect against food-borne toxins, such as...

An early-stage clinical trial has found that, compared to a placebo, a novel medication significantly reduces potentially life-threatening episodes of swelling of the airway as well as the hands, feet, and abdomen of patients affected by a rare genetic disorder. The...

Empirical evidence shows that exercise improves and prevents a large number of diseases, but the scientific basis and molecular mechanisms responsible for these beneficial effects are largely unknown. Two researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have...

A Mount Sinai researcher has played a key role in tracing—for the first time—the mechanisms that link stress to cardiovascular events, like heart attack or stroke. Zahi A. Fayad, PhD, Director of the Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute at the Icahn School of...

The Mount Sinai Health System recently launched the Medical Modeling Core, a collaboration led by the Department of Neurosurgery, where Mount Sinai clinicians can order 3D and virtual models that can be used to explain procedures to patients, plan surgeries, and even...

A population of cells in early development may give rise to the ventricular chambers of the heart, but not the atria, according to a study led by researchers from the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and...