Highlights Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: Do WTC Responders With Cognitive Impairment Show Signs of a New Form of Dementia? A study that assessed the brains of 99 World Trade Center (WTC) responders by using diffusion tractography, a 3-D imaging technique, showed that WTC responders with cognitive impairment (CI), a possible… Read More
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Above the Health Toll of Racism Racism—both on a personal level and in overall society—negatively affects the mental and physical health of millions of people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These health issues, and some ways to rise above them, are addressed in this… Read More
On Thursday, February 11, the Associated Medical School of New York (AMSNY) hosted a webinar examining the role of the state’s biomedical research community in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 crisis. Click to watch the full video on YouTube. View or download slideshow presentations from our expert speakers below. Presentations: Liise-anne Pirofski, MD, Albert… Read More
Highlights Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders Supported by $7.9 Million NIH Grant A collaborate research team at Stony Brook University will assess evidence of brain biomarkers similar to those in Alzheimer’s disease in more than 1,000 WTC 911 responders cared for at the WTC Health… Read More
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: New $7 Million Grant Will Advance the use of Genomic Data in Health Care for all Populations The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $7 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to create new methods and protocols for assessing… Read More
Highlights New York State Releases New NYSTEM RFAs NYSTEM (New York Stem Cell Science), on behalf of the Empire State Stem Cell Board recently, announced the 2020 release of the Request for Applications (RFA). Approximately $50 million is available to support about 70 awards. Congratulations to scientists and advocates who have worked hard to raise… Read More
Highlights Albany Medical College and Microleads to Launch Clinical Study on Precision Neuromodulation Therapy Micro-Leads Medical, Inc., a clinical neurostimulation startup developing a high-resolution spinal cord stimulation therapy for treating chronic focal pain without opioids, announced that it was awarded $10 million in therapy development funding. With the funding Micro-Leads will further develop its HD64TM implantable therapy… Read More
By Antwan Lewis Published 10/30/2019 NYU stem cell research Stem cells need a “home” to survive. That home is called a niche. Researchers at NYU Langone study special properties of stem cells and the impact they can have in treating diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, various cancers, and others. ——- NEW YORK – Stem cells need… Read More
Researchers to educate the public with Stem Cell Awareness Day For more than 15 years, Doctor Eric Bouhassira and his team have been researching stem cells at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. They say their mission is to use stem cells to create new red blood cells. According to Dr. Bouhassira, the red blood cells could… Read More
Highlights New York Medical College Team of Tick-Experts May Have Revolutionized Treatment of Babesiosis A team of nationally recognized tick-experts at New York Medical College (NYMC) made strides in the fight against the tick-borne illness Babesiosis, discovering the drug Tafenoquine may be extremely effective against Babesiosis. Prevalent in New York State and found throughout the… Read More
