Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
Manganese
On September 25-28 2016, the Division of Occupation and Environmental Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will host MANGANESE2016, an international conference on the neurotoxicity and prevention of adverse manganese health effects. Manganese is a...
Mount Sinai Surgeons Are First in New York State To Perform HIV-Positive Kidney Transplant
The Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first hospital in New York State and the second in the nation to perform a kidney transplant from an HIV-positive deceased donor to an HIV-positive recipient, the result of federal legislation that went into effect late...
Unique Public-Private Collaboration with Celgene To Accelerate Important Cancer Discoveries
The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and three other leading U.S. academic institutions recently established a pioneering research consortium to accelerate the discovery of new treatments for cancer. In addition, Celgene Corp., a...
Researchers Identify Genes That Predict Damage in Donated Kidneys
Kidney transplantation is the most common type of organ transplant surgery in the United States with over 17,000 kidney transplantations performed in 2014, according to the National Kidney Foundation. However, long-term survival still remains a challenge. While there...
A Paradigm Shift in Health Care Delivery
Medical Treatment at Home An innovative program being run by the Mount Sinai Health System has shown that certain acute-care patients who choose to be treated at home rather than in a hospital are not only more satisfied with their care but also have lower medical...
Mount Sinai Vascular Surgeons Among First in Nation To Treat Complex Aortic Aneurysm With New Device
Physicians at The Mount Sinai Hospital were among the first in the nation to implant an investigational device, a fabric and metal mesh tube known as a stent graft, as part of a clinical trial to treat aneurysms located in the thoracic/abdominal area of the aorta....
Mammograms May Reveal Early Signs of Heart Disease
Routine mammograms used for the early detection of breast cancer may also provide women with an early warning of cardiovascular disease, according to a recent study led by Laurie Margolies, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
Nutrition and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Guest post by Ilana Kersch, MS RD CDN, Senior Dietitian at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Ilana works as part of the inpatient liver transplant team in conjunction with the Recanati Miller Transplant Institute, and provides nutrition care for patients pre- and...
Researchers Discover New Clues in the Development of Transplantable Stem Cells for Blood Disorders
For scientists who study stem cells, the ability to produce hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) in the lab and then transplant them into patients with blood disorders has been a long-sought-after goal. Recently, the field took a step closer to that milestone...