Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Researcher Featured on Fox 5 News Discussing Clinical Trial for Eczema
Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD, Professor of Dermatology and Vice Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is involved in a clinical trial for a potential new treatment for atopic dermatitis.
Mount Sinai Researcher Featured on CBS News: New drug gives hope for those with progressive multiple sclerosis
As many as 400,000 Americans are believed to suffer from multiple sclerosis -- a debilitating disease of the central nervous system. A new drug may provide relief from the most devastating form of MS. Fred Lublin, MD, director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center...
Mount Sinai Research News: Researchers Reveal How Cancer Can Spread Even Before a Tumor Develops
Even before tumors develop, breast cancer cells with a few defined molecular alterations can spread to organs, remain quiet for long periods of time, and then awaken to form aggressive, deadly breast cancer metastasis, says a team of investigators led by researchers...
Mount Sinai Research Featured in Nature: Changing the Recipe
An article published online November 30 in Nature discusses how dietary changes may be able to alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Research by Ilana Katz Sand, a neurologist and MS specialist at The Mount Sinai Hospital, is featured
Two Prominent Researchers in Brain Disease Assume Key Leadership Roles at Mount Sinai
Two world-renowned researchers in brain disease have assumed key leadership roles at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: René S. Kahn, MD, PhD, as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Paul Kenny, PhD, as Chair of the Department of Neuroscience. Both men...
Huffington Post: Hardships, and New Hope, for Sickle Cell Patients
Promising new treatments for Sickle cell disease are on the horizon for this chronic disease, which, though not immediately fatal, can cause complications that dramatically affect patients’ day-to-day lives. Learn more in this post from the Huffington Post by Jeffrey...
Listen to WNYC News: Dr. Peter Palese Talks about his Quest to Fight the Flu
At Icahn School of Medicine, a bunch of ferrets may be getting a better version of the flu vaccine than you are. The ferrets are part of a lab run by Dr. Peter Palese, a microbiologist who has dedicated his career to fighting influenza. Palese said he knows all too...
Mount Sinai Establishes 3D Printing Services for Clinicians and Researchers
Mount Sinai Health System today announced the creation of the Medical Modeling Core, a collaboration led by the Department of Neurosurgery, where clinicians can confer and order 3D models for their cases. Virtual reality, simulation, and 3D printing services will be...
SinaInnovations Focuses on Therapeutic Discovery
The increasingly important role that academic medical centers play in the discovery of treatments for human diseases was the central theme of the Fifth Annual SinaInnovations conference held Tuesday, October 25, and Wednesday, October 26, at the Icahn School of...