WCS President and CEO Dr. Cristián Samper issued the following statement on the announcement of more than $185 million in new support from Michael Bloomberg and Ray Dalio’s OceanX to increase ocean exploration and protection at the Our Ocean Conference.
New research published in Frontiers in Neurology by NYU researcher Adam Buchwald finds that robotic arm rehabilitation in chronic stroke patients with aphasia, the loss of ability to understand or express speech, may promote speech and language function recovery.
The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing a $6.1 million grant to study a program designed to bring effective care to people with dementia receiving hospice care. The two-phase, five-year grant will fund the first large-scale clinical trial of people with dementia in hospice and their caregivers.
Icahn School of Medicine is designated a certified mitochondrial care center as part of the newly formed Mitochondrial Care Network
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Karlstad University in Sweden have found an elevated rate of language delay in children at 30 months old who were born to mothers exposed to phthalates, synthetic chemicals found in common household items and personal care products.
Matthew A. Weissman, MD, MBA, a prominent physician in medicine and medical education, has been named Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (MSBI) and Senior Faculty in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
WCS will have marine conservation experts on the ground at OOC18, taking place in Bali, Indonesia on October 29th and 30th, to join with other conservation organizations, government delegates, and businesses in pledging new commitments for ocean conservation and discussing progress on previously made commitments. For more information on the event, click here.
A new study by WCS, American Museum of Natural History, and other partners uses long term data on bear mortality to map high-probability hot-spots for human-bear conflicts
WCS marine scientists surveying the waters of New York Bight for marine mammals and other species are enjoying a banner year, encountering a wide array of marine life in the waters just beyond—and sometimes in sight of—New York City.
Results of a phase II clinical trial show that novel drug sparsentan is an effective treatment for the rare kidney disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), which currently has no FDA-approved therapies.
In the search for more secure communications technologies designed to prevent hacking, a team of Stony Brook University researchers created a technology that uses quantum memory applications at room temperatures to securely store and transfer information.
By incorporating a gene-suppressing drug into an over-the-counter gel, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and their colleagues cut healing time by half and significantly improved healing outcomes compared to control treatments. Results from the combination therapy, which was tested in mice, were published online today in Advances in Wound Care.
Professor Liu Xiaogang from the National University of Singapore led a team to develop novel lead halide perovskite nanocrystals that are highly sensitive to X-ray irradiation.
The National Institute of Nursing Research has awarded a $2.7 million grant to fund a new exploratory center, entitled “Center for Improving Palliative Care for Vulnerable Adults with MCC (CIPC),” at Columbia University School of Nursing.
Mount Sinai nephrologists will be in attendance and available to comment on breaking news, in addition to their own research.
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, Director of the Precision Immunotherapy Institute and the program leader of the Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Group at The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has received the Cancer Research Institute’s top honor, one previously awarded to two Nobel laureates, for her contributions to cancer immunology and immunotherapy.
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art today announced an academic agreement that includes collaboration on research and academic programs, effective immediately.
A Stony Brook University study published in PNAS, could help scientists to better determine how temperature changes affect genes in various cell types, The research may also help scientists to control genes when seeking answers to diseases caused by or associated with certain genes.
New Program Designed to Break Down Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening
A Weizmann Institute team develops a novel technology for profiling protein turnover and degradation, offering new insight into diagnosis and the molecular basis of autoimmunity, cancer, neurodegeneration, and other disorders
Complementary practices such as meditation and mindful breathing helped patients manage chronic pain and in some cases reduced the need for medication such as opioids, according to a study at Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC.
Nurses with bachelor’s degrees report being very prepared in more quality and safety measures than do their peers with associate degrees, finds a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.
Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki will deliver "A Love Affair with the Brain: A Story in Two Generations," which will consider memory formation and how physical activity can alter and improve a range of brain functions, on Tues., Oct. 30.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) today announced the appointment of Professor Andrew K Rose as the new Dean of the NUS Business School. Prof Rose is the Bernard T Rocca Jr Chair of International Business & Trade in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. A globally respected expert in international finance, trade and macroeconomics, Prof Rose will join NUS as Dean Designate on 1 March 2019, before becoming Dean of the NUS Business School on 1 June 2019. He succeeds Professor Bernard Yeung, who is the Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor in Finance and Strategic Management at NUS.
Phillips School of Nursing (PSON) at Mount Sinai Beth Israel has been named a Center for Excellence in Nursing Education™ by the National League of Nursing (NLN) for the years 2018-2022. This is the School’s second consecutive designation as a Center of Excellence in the category of “enhancing student learning and professional development.” PSON was one of just 12 schools selected nationwide to receive the honor in this category and is the only hospital-based nursing school in New York City.
A joint research team from the National University of Singapore and Indonesian Institute of Science has described an unusual new songbird species. The bird was named the Rote Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis after the island of Rote where it is found.
Conventional wisdom has it that volunteering is good for you, and a study at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City shows that to be true for people with lupus volunteering in a peer support and education program.
The 2018 SINAInnovations Conference will focus on Innovations in Science and Medicine.
Stony Brook University Hospital has appointed Mark Sands, MD, MBA, FACR, as Chief Medical Officer.
Jillian Rose, director of Community Engagement, Diversity and Research at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, has received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals.
New facility offers comprehensive care to enhance patient experience
The Membership Puzzle Project, a public research project studying how to optimize news for trust, has launched the Membership in News Fund, which will support existing news sites’ development of sustainable membership models.
Novel gene editing technique reveals cancer weakness in the immune system and opens possibilities to identify disease-causing genes and new drug targets
Her research focuses on cylindrical carbon structures with useful properties for energy storage, aircraft components, and other applications.
Columbia Engineers show for the first time that runoff extremes have dramatically increased in response to climate and human-induced changes. Their findings demonstrate a large increase in precipitation and runoff extremes driven by human activity and climate change.
The Cancer Research Institute has updated its analysis of the global immuno-oncology landscape, published today in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.
Conservationists released an incredible video today showing the successful re-introduction of 24 zebras into Tanzania’s Kitulo National Park in the Southern Highlands region last week – part of a bold effort to re-wild this once pristine landscape.
Mount Sinai Researcher Elected to National Academy of Medicine
How long a person with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) stops breathing may be a better predictor of mortality risk from OSA than the number of times they stop breathing, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Multi-specialty, Individualized Care for Long Island Residents
Mechanical Engineering Prof. Karen Kasza has won a Packard Fellowship for her research on developing new ways to engineer tissue and treat disease.
Based in Brooklyn and working in collaboration with the already outstanding breast cancer team at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn under the auspices of Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone, Magdalena Plasilova, MD, PhD, specializes in “hidden scar” surgery, an advanced surgical technique using small incisions in the armpit or in skin folds.
Researchers have developed a new method—“Pixel Approximate Entropy”—that measures the complexity of a data visualization and can be used to develop easier to read visualizations. “In fast-paced settings, it is important to know if the visualization is going to be so complex that the signals may be obscured. The ability to quantify complexity is the first step towards automatically doing something about this.”
Researchers from Australia and Japan have discovered a new human immunodeficiency syndrome in two patients on separate continents. The study, which will be published October 18 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, reveals that a mutation in a gene called IKBKB disrupts the immune system, leading to excessive inflammation and the loss of both T and B white blood cells.
How to create nanocages, i.e., robust and stable objects with regular voids and tunable properties? Short segments of DNA molecules are perfect candidates for the controllable design of novel complex structures. Physicists from the University of Vienna, the Technical University of Vienna, the Foschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and Cornell University in the U.
Mount Sinai Researchers Find Long-Term Structural and Gene Expression Disturbances in Adult Brains in Association with Adolescent THC Exposure; These Changes Mimic Aspects of Psychosis Risk
Working in collaboration with Myanmar’s Department of Fisheries (DoF), WCS has announced the creation of a new protected area for a population of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) living in the Ayeyawady River of central Myanmar.
The Mount Sinai Health System in New York City is introducing a new advertising campaign centered on the theme: “Which hospital you choose can make all the difference in the world.”
A startling report from Health People: Community Preventive Health Institute, to be released at a press conference at the City Hall steps on Wednesday, October 17th, reveals that New York City diabetes-related foot amputations have soared 55% in eight years.
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