The Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) brings you the following compilation of the most recent updates and news on research from the academic medical centers in the state.
Highlights
- Breaking Ground on New Medical Research Building to Break New Ground in Medical Research
- Honored Researchers at the Academic Medical Centers
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants for Research
- Other Awards for Research
Cancer
- Protein in Prostate Biopsies Signals Increased Cancer Risk
- UB Study Aims to Reactivate Cancer-Killing Cells
Cardiology
- Experts from NYU Langone’s Cardiac and Vascular Institute Present New Research
- LVAD Patients Benefit from Heart Injection With Multiple Powerful Cells
- New Study Reports on the High Cost of Cardiac Surgery Healthcare Associated Infections
Genetics
- Rare ApoE Gene Variant Now Believed to be Common in Africans and African Descendants Worldwide
- Long-Lasting Gene Therapy Benefits Advanced Heart Failure Patients
- Drug Shows Early Promise in Treating Liver Failure-Related Seizures
Neurology
- Pilot Study Links Alzheimer’s With Vascular Changes in Neck
- Study Reveals Buildup of Amyloid in Brain Blood Vessels Promotes Early Cognitive Impairment
- URMC Plays Role in New Epilepsy Technology
- Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Molecular Changes in Brain That May Increase Multiple Sclerosis Risk
- Researchers Discover Idling Brain Activity in Severely Brain Injured Patients
Other Studies
- Telemedicine Brings Parkinson’s Care to “Anyone, Anywhere”
- Radioimmunotherapy Could Potentially Eradicate Lingering HIV Infection
- Human Stem Cells Converted to Functional Lung Cells
- New Link Between Obesity and Diabetes Found
- Research Findings Will Help in the Fight Against Dengue, A Fast Spreading Tropical Disease
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Breaking Ground on New Medical Research Building to Break New Ground in Medical Research
November 14, 2013 – Stony Brook University broke ground to showcase the start of construction on its new Medical and Research Translation (MART) Building on the Stony Brook Medicine campus. It is designed to enable, foster and encourage scientists and physicians to work side by side to investigate and discover new clinical treatments and invent new medical technology.
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© 2013 Stony Brook University School of Medicine. All rights reserved.
Honored Researchers at the Academic Medical Centers
Horwitz Prize Awarded for Discoveries That Could Lead to New Alzheimer’s Treatments
December 5, 2013 – 2013 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser, and John O’Keefe for discoveries from animal models that may lead to new treatments for Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders that affect the brain’s spatial capabilities.
Accomplished Weill Cornell Medical College Scientist and Entrepreneur Selected to Lead Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
December 5, 2013 – Michael A. Foley, PhD selected to lead the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. (Tri-I TDI), a pioneering collaboration of Weill Cornell Medical College, The Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center designed to expedite early-stage drug discovery into novel treatments for patients.
Four Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Among the 400 Most Highly Influential Biomedical Researchers in the World
November 25, 2013 – Dennis S. Charney, MD, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs of the Mount Sinai Health System, among the four world-renowned physician-scientists on top 400 list.
NYU Langone Medical Center Researchers Elected 2013 Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
November 25, 2013 – Neurobiologist Steven J. Burden, PhD, and neurologist Oliver Sacks, MD, named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants for Research
Einstein-Ferkauf Researchers Secure $2.5 Million NIH Grant to Study Diabetes Self-Management and Behavioral Interventions
November 25, 2013 – To study a telephone-based approach to improving diabetes self-management and treatment outcomes in primary care.
NIH Awards $10 Million Grant To NYU Langone Medical Center To Study Management Of Ischemic Heart Disease In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
November 18, 2013 – From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the best management strategy for patients with stable ischemic heart disease and advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Other Awards for Research
$600,000 Grant from Patrick P. Lee Foundation Supports UB Researcher’s Search for Cause of Schizophrenia
December 9, 2013 – To advance promising research on schizophrenia. Grant will support long-term fellowships for three advanced research trainees and University at Buffalo students pursuing either doctoral degrees or MD/PhDs (through the Medical Scientist Training Program), for four years.
Mount Sinai Receives $5 Million in Funding from the NYC Economic Development Corporation to Establish New Institute of Technology
December 4, 2013 – To transform existing space on the campus of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai into several facilities for Mount Sinai Institute of Technology, with the goal transforming biomedicine through the discovery, design, development and delivery of entrepreneurially-driven, technology-based solutions to unmet medical needs.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center Receives $1 Million Empire Innovation Program Grant from State University of New York
November 25, 2013 – From the State University of New York’s Empire Innovation Program, to recruit and retain faculty researchers in support of the Department of Ophthalmology’s research on restoring eyesight and preventing vision impairment. SUNY Downstate Medical Center will match an additional $1 million to the project.
“Ride for Life” Earmarks $160,000 for Stony Brook ALS Research and Clinical Care in 2014
November 25, 2013 – Ride for Life Organization supports amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, research and clinical care at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Also to support the development of ALS clinical trials at the Stony Brook Neurosciences Institute.
Montefiore and Einstein Researchers Receive $1.17 Million Grant from New York State Department of Health to Develop Comparative Effectiveness Research Center
November 20, 2013 – To support the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research. This will allow Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine to further generate synergy among its clinical researchers who are engaged in diverse areas of research to compare the effectiveness of different prevention, screening and treatment options for economically underserved populations.
UB Receives $25 Million from National Science Foundation to Develop New X-Ray Bioimaging Technique
November 7, 2013 – To transform the field of structural biology, including drug development, using X-ray lasers. With this Science and Technology Center (STC) grant, University at Buffalo and its partner institutions will establish the BioXFEL research center, headquartered in Buffalo.
Protein in Prostate Biopsies Signals Increased Cancer Risk
December 5, 2013 – Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have shown that the presence of a particular protein in biopsied prostate tissue substantially increases the likelihood that cancer will develop in that organ. This could help physicians decide how closely to monitor men potentially at risk for prostate cancer.
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© 2013 Weill Cornell Medical College. All rights reserved.
UB Study Aims to Reactivate Cancer-Killing Cells
December 5, 2013 – With the ultimate goal of designing new immunotherapeutic strategies, a University at Buffalo research team is working to re-activate cancer-killing T cells in a tumor microenvironment.
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© 2013 University at Buffalo. All rights reserved.
Experts from NYU Langone’s Cardiac and Vascular Institute Present New Research at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2013
November 22, 2013 – Experts from the Cardiac and Vascular Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center presented new research and participated in expert panel discussions at the American Heart Association Annual Meeting 2013 in Dallas, TX, November 16-20, 2013.
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© 2013 NYU Langone Medical Center. All rights reserved.
LVAD Patients Benefit from Heart Injection With Multiple Powerful Cells
November 19, 2013 – A multicenter team of researchers led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found end-stage heart failure patients who receive a surgically implanted left ventricular assist device (LVAD) heart pump may also benefit from a single dose of millions of powerful cells injected directly into their heart during surgery.
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© 2013 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. All rights reserved.
New Study Reports on the High Cost of Cardiac Surgery Healthcare Associated Infections
November 17, 2013 – Study findings by investigators from the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai revealed the substantial economic impact of healthcare-associated infections following cardiac surgery and the importance of preventing these infections leading to re-hospitalizations.
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© 2013 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. All rights reserved.
Rare ApoE Gene Variant Now Believed to be Common in Africans and African Descendants Worldwide
November 22, 2013 – Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have found that a genetic variation linked to increased levels of triglycerides — fats in the blood associated with disorders such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and stroke — is far more common than previously believed and disproportionally affects people of African ancestry.
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© 2013 Weill Cornell Medical College. All rights reserved.
Long-Lasting Gene Therapy Benefits Advanced Heart Failure Patients
November 19, 2013 – Researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reported the long-term benefits of a single dose of their gene therapy AAV1/SERCA2a in advanced heart failure patients.
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© 2013 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. All rights reserved.
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© 2013 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. All rights reserved.
Drug Shows Early Promise in Treating Liver Failure-Related Seizures
November 17, 2013 – A study by the University of Rochester Medical Center suggests a potential new treatment for the seizures that often plague children with genetic metabolic disorders and individuals undergoing liver failure.
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© 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center. All rights reserved.
Pilot Study Links Alzheimer’s With Vascular Changes in Neck
December 5, 2013 – Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease may be related to a vascular abnormality in the internal jugular veins, according to a revealin
pilot study by an international research team, including University at Buffalo scientists.
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© 2013 University at Buffalo. All rights reserved.
Study Reveals Buildup of Amyloid in Brain Blood Vessels Promotes Early Cognitive Impairment
December 4, 2013 – A team of Stony Brook University researchers has discovered in a model of Alzheimer’s disease that early accumulation of a small protein in the blood vessels of the brain can drive early cognitive impairment, suggesting a potential treatment strategy in early stage disease.
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© 2013 Stony Brook University School of Medicine. All rights reserved.
URMC Plays Role in New Epilepsy Technology
December 2, 2013 – University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) physicians were involved in the recent approval of a new treatment for epilepsy. The implantable medical device monitors brain activity and can detect and counteract seizures. The research showed that the device decreases the number of monthly seizures by nearly 38 percent.
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© 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center. All rights reserved.
Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Molecular Changes in the Brain That May Increase Risk for Multiple Sclerosis
November 25, 2013 – A study led by genomics experts at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai highlights some of the molecular pathways critical to the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that strips nerve cells of their protective myelin sheath.
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© 2013 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. All rights reserved.
Researchers Discover Idling Brain Activity in Severely Brain Injured Patients Who “Wake Up” After Using a Sleep Drug
November 19, 2013 – A team of scientists led by Weill Cornell Medical College has discovered a signature of brain activity that may explain why patients regain some consciousness after using Ambien or other drugs or treatments.
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© 2013 Weill Cornell Medical College. All rights reserved.
Telemedicine Brings Parkinson’s Care to “Anyone, Anywhere”
December 3, 2013 – A new study led by researchers of University of Rochester Medical Center shows that a neurologist in an office miles away can deliver effective specialized care to people with Parkinson’s disease. These “virtual house calls” could allow individuals to live independently while effectively managing the symptoms of their disease.
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© 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center. All rights reserved.
Radioimmunotherapy Could Potentially Eradicate Lingering HIV Infection
December 3, 2013 – New findings presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University show that radioimmunotherapy (RIT) could potentially eradicate HIV-infected cells.
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© 2013 Albert Einstein College of Medicine. All rights reserved.
Human Stem Cells Converted to Functional Lung Cells
December 1, 2013 – Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. This advance has significant potential for modeling lung disease, screening drugs, studying human lung development, and, ultimately, generating lung tissue for transplantation.
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© 2013 Columbia University Medical Center. All rights reserved.
New Link Between Obesity and Diabetes Found
November 21, 2013 – A single overactive enzyme worsens the two core defects of diabetes—impaired insulin sensitivity and overproduction of glucose—suggesting that a drug targeting the enzyme could help correct both at once, according to mouse studies done by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center.
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© 2013 Columbia University Medical Center. All rights reserved.
Research Findings Will Help in the Fight Against Dengue, One of the Fastest Spreading Tropical Diseases
November 13, 2013 – A study by an international team of researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University has provided public health officials with information that will help decrease the risk of dengue, a life-threatening mosquito-borne viral disease that is now one of the fastest spreading tropical diseases globally.
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© 2013 SUNY Upstate Medical University. All rights reserved.