Researchers in the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine have discovered a laboratory method to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using the SALL4 gene.
As more and more children participate in a single sport on a year-round basis, these young athletes are increasingly at risk for overuse injuries. Additionally, concussions have become a major cause for concern among youth sports participants.
The first Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory Clinical Research Day will be held on May 13 at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
A new study shows that levels of rape and sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo are 26 times higher than official United Nations estimates.
In an analysis of more than 1,300 human breast tissue samples, Stony Brook University School of Medicine researchers discovered a possible role of the squamous cell carcinoma antigen in the progression of breast cancer.
Ann Jillian, a Golden Globe-winning, three-time Emmy-nominated actress and singer, will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual National Cancer Survivors Day® at the Cancer Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
In a study on the relationship between unemployment and the risk of death, researchers found that the risk of death was 63% higher in those who experienced an episode of unemployment than those who did not.
Hospital admissions at Stony Brook University Medical Center were significantly reduced when using coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) to evaluate Emergency patients with chest pain.
Michael Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues, have discovered a new role for mitochondria during RNA processing.
The Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine is leading a multicenter National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical trial to evaluate whether treatment of chronic periodontitis will help improve diabetes control.
Cancer patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bevacizumab (Avastin) may be at an increased risk of treatment-related death when the drug is used in combination with other therapies.
Hundreds came out to support 17-year ALS survivor Christopher Pendergast, at a ceremony marking the renaming of Stony Brook University Medical Center’s ALS clinic to the Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence.
Stony Brook University Medical Center has received the 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.
Stony Brook University Medical Center celebrates new expanded clinical and research center for acute stroke, brain aneurysms, AVMs and other vascular anomalies and unveils one-of-a kind simulator that will help advance clinical expertise, teaching and research for neurosciences at Stony Brook University.
For Chris Pendergast, every Christmas he has been alive to celebrate with his family for the past 17 years has been a gift unto itself. Indeed, in 1993 the then 44-year-old elementary school teacher was diagnosed with ALS.
A study of nearly 1,200 older patients hospitalized for severe sepsis indicate that those who survive are at higher risk for long-term cognitive impairment and physical limitations than those hospitalized for other reasons.
What do Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry and rock stars have in common with research scientists? According to some rock stars and those at an international gathering of researchers and bioscience executives, a lot.
Balaji Sitharaman, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, is a recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. He is engineering a nanotechnology-based theranostic for combined non-invasive imaging and treatment of bone loss.
Danny Bluestein, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, has been awarded a $7.5 million grant by the NIH to optimize the designs of cardiovascular devices with the goal to eliminate the need for anticoagulation therapy.
Benjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and a team of medical researchers have determined the genetic blueprint of 13 strains of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
Researchers at Stony Brook University have discovered that a derivative of sulindac, an NSAID known to prevent colon cancer, is more effective and safer than sulindac in preventing colon cancer in animals.
Almost half of children with ADHD whose aggressive behaviors had not been controlled during routine outpatient care could achieve near absence of aggressive, explosive behavior with "first-line" stimulants.
Dr. Kevin Watkins, first Surgeon to treat Pancreatic Cancer with NanoKnife® helps patients from around the country; world.
The School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University is sponsoring an innovative Geriatric Care Ministry Program to help clergy of all faiths improve the quality-of-life for older people in their communities.
Three-dimensional MRI is an emerging and useful technique for displaying fetal anatomy and diagnosing problems in the womb, according to Jeffrey C. Hellinger, M.D., of Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Ensuring the safety of pediatric cardiovascular and vascular patients who require computed tomographic angiography (CTA) for diagnostic purposes means that employing methods of low dose CTA is essential.
Fossils of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania is changing the picture of animal life at 100 million years in what is now sub-Saharan Africa.
Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of comprehensive and coordinated primary care could potentially address why errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health care system.
A team of molecular biologists and computer scientists at Stony Brook University have used a novel method to weaken influenza virus by designing hundreds of mutations to its genetic code to create an effective vaccine.
Cancer patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bevacizumab (Avastin) may be at an increased risk of severe loss of protein from the kidney into the urine that can lead to significant kidney damage.
A breakthrough external beam radiotherapy technology that is fast and has optimal dose delivery to targeted tumors is the latest radiotherapy weapon that specialists are using at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Arthur Stone, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Vice Chairman of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University and colleagues have produced an analysis of how Americans perceive well-being at various ages.
A new state-of-the art computed tomography (CT) scanner that provides physicians with precise images of internal organs with a single rotation of the gantry is now in operation at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Research conducted at the Stony Brook University that enhances the time a drug remains bound to its target, or residence time, may prove to be an important step in developing better diagnostic and therapeutic agents.
On April 27, Stony Brook University Cancer Center and the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at Stony Brook University will hold a one-day symposium titled “Cancer Stem Cells, Differentiation, and Metastasis.”
The Department of Orthopaedics at Stony Brook University Medical Center Orthopaedists and 19 other hand surgery specialists from around the world will lecture at the Dupuytren’s Disease Symposium on April 17.
A new study led by a Stony Brook University researcher tests the effectiveness of providing follow-up support to patients for managing pain by way of an automated system that patients use via their home telephone.
A new edition of Cardiac Intensive Care, the only textbook dedicated to cardiac intensive care medicine, chronicles the progress made in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with critical cardiac illness.
A new procedure for treating pancreatic and liver cancers using electrical fields to poke holes in tumors was used for the first time anywhere to fight pancreatic cancer at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
A life-sized reconstruction of the “devil frog,” the largest frog known to ever exist; a cast of the complete skeleton of a small meat-eating dinosaur named after Mark Knopfler, the lead singer from the rock band Dire Straits; a skeleton and life-sized reconstruction of a rare, 2.5 foot long pug-nosed vegetarian crocodile; and a pristinely preserved skull of a large dinosaur predator still partially entombed in sandstone are among the 65 million year old fossils from Madagascar that were publicly unveiled for the first time at Stony Brook University on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xiaflex, a new drug to treat Dupuytren’s contracture (or disease) that was discovered and developed by Marie A. Badalamente, Ph.D., and Lawrence C. Hurst, M.D., in the Department of Orthopaedics at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Shark pups born to virgin mothers can survive over the long-term, according to new research published Jan. 25 in the Journal of Heredity. The study shows for the first time that some virgin births can result in viable offspring.
A newly discovered dinosaur that lived approximately 215 million years ago (Triassic Period) in the region of New Mexico in the United States is providing a team of paleontologists new information on early dinosaur evolution.
A study of 2,203 cardiac surgery patients from Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers nationwide revealed that coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) completed “off-pump,” meaning without a heart-lung machine, had no advantages in patient outcomes compared to the traditional “on-pump” procedure.
A scientific analysis of a recently discovered adapiform, an ancient primate, reveals that the fossil, called Afradapis, is not on the evolutionary lineage of anthropoids (Old World Monkeys and higher primates, including humans) but instead more closely to lemurs and lorises.
A one-day free conference dedicated to educating teachers, nurses, social workers, guidance counselors, and other educators about the medical and educational issues that children with cancer encounter when returning to school, will take place on November 3, 2009, at the Wang Center at Stony Brook University.
The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force will meet from October 12-14 in Portland, ME to continue developing critical management recommendations for small prey fish like sardines, anchovies and menhaden that are caught by commercial fisheries on a massive scale, almost always without consideration of their essential role in oceanic food webs.
Minimizing diagnostic error in medicine is an essential component of safe patient care, a theme to be explored by the physicians, medical scientists, safety officers, and risk managers who will convene at the 2nd Annual Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference, to be held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel on October 21-22 in Los Angeles.
The School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University is sponsoring an innovative Geriatric Care Ministry Program that is designed to help clergy of all faiths and other spiritual leaders improve the quality-of-life for older people in their congregations and communities.
The Center for Biotechnology at Stony Brook University has organized an unprecedented summit that will bring some of the world’s top bioscience companies with innovative scientists, entrepreneurs, and some of the nation’s leading universities to explore the next generation of biomedical solutions that may lead to groundbreaking discoveries.
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