The Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at NYU School of Medicine will host an international symposium on May 10 that brings together leading scientists who study neuronal and synaptic plasticity.
A group of physicians and writers from the New York University School of Medicine has launched the Bellevue Literary Review, a biannual literary journal inspired by the rich history of Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States.
On Thursday, April 18th, NYU Medical Center's Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stephen Colvin, MD, performed life-saving heart surgery on Lirjon Rexhaj, a 7-year old boy from Kosova, with congenital heart disease.
To honor five volunteers who raised $85,000 climbing Mount McKinley, the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture launches its first-ever benefit event.
On September 11, 2001 with less than 10 minutes to prepare, NYU Downtown Hospital organized the most extensive disaster response ever undertaken by a U.S. hospital. Now known to the world as "the little hospital that could," it was an island of hope in a sea of chaos.
Long-term exposure to air pollution that contains high concentrations of tiny particles of soot and dust significantly increases the risk of dying from lung cancer and heart disease, according to a new nationwide study.
NYU Medical Center will honor the FDNY and three pediatric heart surgery patients who lost their fathers at the World Trade Center tragedy during its seventh annual Mend-A-Heart event, Sunday, February 10th from 12:30 until 4:30 p.m.
In his final New York appearance before departing for Pitchers and Catchers Spring Training, New York Mets Pitcher Al Leiter will lead the dedication of the Leiter's Landing Foundation Playroom, located on the pediatric floor of NYU Medical Center's Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
The NYU Psychoanalytic Institute and its affiliated society the Psychoanalytic Association of New York with additional funding from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation are launching their new Creative Writers and Psychoanalysts Series with a panel entitled The Apocalyptic Imagination: Daydreaming in an Era of Nightmares.
NYU Medical Center has partnered with Nowy Dziennik - Polish Daily News in New York to raise money to bring children with brain tumors to the US for surgery that can not be provided in their home country . Internationally known NYU neurosurgeons will operate on the children.
The Director of Pediatric Cardiology at NYU Medical Center presented information at the National Conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the potential risk of using complementary and alternative medical therapies, particularly the use of common herbs and nutritional supplements, and their adverse implications on the cardiovascular systems of children.
On Thursday, October 18, NYU School of Medicine will hold a community forum at NYU School of Law in Washington Square to discuss a wide range of environmental health issues relating to the World Trade Center disaster. Researchers from the leading institutions in New York and New Jersey who are analyzing air, dust, and other materials at ground zero and surrounding communities, and in areas north of the disaster will speak about their findings so far and their plans for studies in the coming months.
On October 3, 2001, the Department of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine paid tribute to eight legendary figures from the department's history by naming its "Firms" in their honor. Students in the department are assigned to one of eight small groups-known as Firms-that allow them to receive more personal attention during their studies from senior members of the faculty.
Two New York University Medical Center surgeons, the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the Director of Cardiac Surgical Research, announced a major advance in heart valve repair technology with the launch of the Colvin-Galloway Future(r) Band, a new semi-rigid annuloplasty band used in the surgical repair of the heart's mitral valve.
A new three-year study by New York University School of Medicine researchers predicted which healthy elderly men and women would develop memory impairment based on scans of their brains.
New York University School of Medicine researchers have found, for the first time, an antibody that destroys an essential component of the blood called platelets. The novel finding may open new therapeutic avenues to treating a blood platelet disorder associated with HIV infection, and other types of vascular disease, including blood clots in arteries.
Scientists have found that people who carry one copy of a mutation that protects cells against HIV infection may be partially resistant to the virus causing AIDS. The new finding is reported in a study by a multi-center research consortium that included institutions in New York City, Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco.
NYU School of Medicine researchers have prevented the development of Alzheimer's disease in mice genetically engineered with the human gene for the disease using a new vaccine. The researchers are optimistic that this new vaccine is safer than one already being tested in early human clinical trials.
In a quiet, dark gym, a yoga instructor tells her students to focus on breathing deeply. It would appear to be a regular yoga class, but these students have epilepsy, and the class is really a novel clinical study at NYU Medical Center's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.
NYU Medical Center surgeons will implant a multichannel cochlear implant in each ear of a deaf women as part of a pioneering study that will determine whether pitch-matching the devices allow recipients to better localize sound, to hear the sounds of speech more naturally, and to hear better in noisy environments compared to patients who only receive one implant.
Researchers at NYU Medical Center have initiated a trial to study the efficacy of an investigational oral treatment for Type 1 Gaucher disease, an incurable rare genetic disorder affecting approximately 8,500 people in the U.S.
Scientists have found a way to greatly rev up the cancer-killing ability of a genetically engineered virus, a finding that may eventually lead to more potent anti-cancer therapies that capitalize on the ability of viruses to reproduce in the body.
On Saturday June 16th, environmental health experts from NYU School of Medicine, community activists, and Congressman Jose Serrano will hold a town hall meeting to discuss a major air pollution study taking place in the South Bronx.
Eight climbers return from Mount McKinley -- an expedition organized to benefit the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture. The climbers, torture survivors and the Program's staff are available for interviews.
Dr. Christine Ren, an expert in bariatric medicine at NYU Medical Center, is available to comment on the recent FDA approval of the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System for the treatment of morbid obesity.
A women's symposium, titled "Mood Swings:The Ebb and Flow in Women's Reproductive Lives," will address mood changes in pregnancy and postpartum; premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder; perimenopause and menopause. The symposium will take place on Saturday, June 2, from 8 am to 1 pm, at NYU Medical Center.
A symposium on May 30 at NYU School of Medicine will discuss the NY State Task Force's recent recommendations for safe and effective genetic testing. Sponsors are: The Master Scholars Program at NYU School of Medicine, New York Academy of Medicine, and the NY State Task Force on Life and the Law.
Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel will speak at the commencement ceremonies of New York University School of Medicine on Thursday, May 11.
The ultimate adult stem cell appears to have been discovered -- a cell in the bone marrow that can transform itself into almost any organ in the body, according to a new study by New York University School of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers.
Robert I. Grossman, MD, has been named Chairman of the Department of Radiology at NYU School of Medicine and Director of Radiology at NYU Hospitals Center. Dr. Grossman was previously Associate Chairman of Radiology; Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology; and Chief of Neuroradiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
While older women run a higher risk of having babies with birth defects, it has long been presumed that men could have healthy children at any age. Think again. A new study by NYU School of Medicine and Columbia University researchers now shows that older fathers are far more likely to have children with schizophrenia.
The Biotechnology Study Center will honor three leaders in the biotechnology industry who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding of basic biology: J. Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics Corp; Leonard Bell, president of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Steven Shak, former Genentech scientist and co-founder of Genomic Health Inc.
R. Nathan Link, MD, has been appointed to the position of Chief of Medical Service at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Dr. Link is a specialist in primary care.
Dr. Felicia Axelrod is available to comment on new research that uncovered the gene for familial dysautonomia, a degenerative nerve disease that occurs almost exclusively among Ashkenazi Jews.
Three months after an unusual operation to seal a rupture in the fluid-filled sac protecting a pregnant woman's growing fetus, a healthy baby boy was delivered at NYU Medical Center.
New York University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that a gene normally found in the bladder may contribute to a common birth defect that is the leading cause of kidney failure in children. (Journal of Cell Biology, 11-27-00)
The hair follicle isn't just a hair factory. Researchers have now discovered that the hair follicle is the source of new cells for the skin's outermost layer, the epidermis, which is replenished throughout life (Cell, 8-18).
In a finding that opens a new avenue to treating liver disease and blood-clotting disorders, researchers have found that the bone marrow is the source of cells that are responsible for the liver's famous ability to regenerate itself (Hepatology, 7-00).
As one of the nation's foremost advocates for enhancing the lives of future generations through health and social service programs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala will be the guest speaker at New York University School of Medicine's Commencement Day Exercise on May 11.
If a common heritage conferred peace, then the history of conflict in the Middle East may have been resolved years ago. For, according to a new study, Jews are the genetic brothers of Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese, and they all share a common genetic lineage that stretches back thousands of years.
NYU Medical Center cardiac surgeons, leaders in minimally invasive heart surgery techniques, and Computer Motion, Inc., the leader in medical robotics, announced the successful completion of the first minimally invasive robotic heart valve surgery in the U.S.
Joseph Schlessinger, Director of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Cell Biology at New York University School of Medicine, was today elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Scientists have discovered a key molecule that the AIDS virus uses to hijack a special type of cell in the body's outermost tissues, providing vital information into how the virus is first transmitted in the body (Cell, 3-3-00).
NYU School of Medicine researchers received more than $11 million from the National Institute on Aging to study amyloid beta, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Steven R. Goldstein, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU School of Medicine, is available to comment on a major study that reports a greater risk of breast cancer with estrogen-progesterone combination hormone replacement compared with therapy with estrogen alone.
At the new Center for Particulate Matter Health Research, studies are underway to identify and characterize tiny particles in polluted air that contribute to respiratory ailments.
NYU Medical Center launched a large-scale study that will determine the effectiveness of combining CT scans and gene markers as screening tools for detecting early-stage lung cancer in women who are longtime smokers.
New York University Medical Center will present a free public lecture on multiple sclerosis featuring top medical experts and patients.
In November, the Department of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine will host a conference on ibogaine, a controversial drug hailed by some researchers as a potentially powerful treatment for heroin addiction.
John P. Curtin, M.D., a nationally recognized cancer surgeon and researcher, has joined NYU School of Medicine as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology.
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