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Released: 26-Feb-2023 9:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai Experts Elected as Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology
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The American Academy of Microbiology has elected Florian Krammer, PhD, Mount Sinai Professor in Vaccinology, and Gustavo Palacios, PhD, Professor of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, along with 63 peers to its Class of 2023 fellows. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorary leadership group and a think tank within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), are elected annually through a highly selective peer-review process based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.

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Newswise: Mechanisms Underlying Autoimmunity in Down Syndrome Revealed
20-Feb-2023 9:55 AM EST
Mechanisms Underlying Autoimmunity in Down Syndrome Revealed
Mount Sinai Health System

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified which parts of the immune system go awry and contribute to autoimmune diseases in individuals with Down syndrome.

Newswise: First Stem Cells From a Bat Species Known to Harbor SARS-CoV-2 Could Shed Light on Virus Survival and Molecular Adaptability
14-Feb-2023 11:00 AM EST
First Stem Cells From a Bat Species Known to Harbor SARS-CoV-2 Could Shed Light on Virus Survival and Molecular Adaptability
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have generated the first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from bats, gaining valuable insights into the close relationship between bats and viruses.

Newswise: COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Fewer Cardiac Events
16-Feb-2023 5:05 PM EST
COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Fewer Cardiac Events
Mount Sinai Health System

Analyzing the most extensive datasets in the U.S., researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have revealed that vaccination against COVID-19 is associated with fewer heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular issues among people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The research letter, “Impact of Vaccination on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with COVID-19 Infection,” was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology on February 20. The research will also be presented on March 5, 2023 in a poster session in New Orleans, LA, at the American College of Cardiology’s 72nd Annual Scientific Session Together With World Heart Federation’s World Congress of Cardiology.

16-Feb-2023 7:15 PM EST
Immunotherapy After Surgery Provides Significant, Durable Benefit for High-Risk Bladder Patients
Mount Sinai Health System

Immunotherapy after surgery increased bladder cancer patients’ chance of staying cancer-free compared to patients who received a placebo, according to clinical trial results shared in a late-breaking oral presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2023 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in February.

Released: 14-Feb-2023 11:00 AM EST
Researchers Develop One of the First Screening Methods Using Wearables During Sleep to Predict and Detect the Onset of Parkinson’s Disease
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers Develop One of the First Screening Methods Using Wearables During Sleep to Predict and Detect the Onset of Parkinson’s Disease

Released: 13-Feb-2023 8:30 AM EST
Mount Sinai’s Arnhold Institute for Global Health Awarded $8 Million to Expand Global Partnerships in Education and Research
Mount Sinai Health System

The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at Mount Sinai has received $8 million from the Arnhold Foundation, enabling doctors, researchers, and students to advance its already-strong base of clinical education programs, training, research, and care services to address the world’s leading health issues and improve global health systems.

7-Feb-2023 11:15 AM EST
Mount Sinai Doctors Present New Research at 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting
Mount Sinai Health System

High-risk pregnancy specialists available for interview about new studies and other maternal-fetal health topics

Newswise: Cocaine Use Disorder Alters Gene Networks of Neuroinflammation and Neurotransmission in Humans
6-Feb-2023 3:50 PM EST
Cocaine Use Disorder Alters Gene Networks of Neuroinflammation and Neurotransmission in Humans
Mount Sinai Health System

Analysis reveals similar changes in the brain’s functioning in both humans and mouse models

7-Feb-2023 3:05 PM EST
New Formulation of FDA-Approved Drug Shows Encouraging Results for Treating a Common Itch Condition
Mount Sinai Health System

Notalgia paresthetica is a common and underdiagnosed condition characterized by a persistent itch in the upper back. To date, there are no FDA-approved treatments specifically targeting this disorder. But a new study, published in the NEJM, suggests that patients with the disorder could potentially get relief with oral difelikefalin.

Released: 7-Feb-2023 10:00 AM EST
Medical Students Develop Curriculum to Shine a Light on the Injustices of Racial Segregation in Health Care
Mount Sinai Health System

Medical students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are challenging a traditional model of medical education they say omits a critical ingredient: preparing students for the experience of segregation within health care.

Released: 30-Jan-2023 10:10 AM EST
Mount Sinai Launches Center to Address Bias and Racism Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Mount Sinai Health System

Seeking to address racism and bias against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), as well as the under-representation of AAPI in leadership roles in medicine, Mount Sinai announced today the launch of the Center for Asian Equity and Professional Development (CAEPD). This innovative undertaking represents one of the first of its kind nationwide by an academic medical center.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Researchers Awarded $12 Million NIH Grant to Create a Center to Unravel Novel Causes of Food Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis
Released: 25-Jan-2023 4:10 PM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers Awarded $12 Million NIH Grant to Create a Center to Unravel Novel Causes of Food Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai researchers have been awarded $12 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health to create a center to elucidate novel causes of, and contributing factors to, food allergies and atopic dermatitis. The Systems Biology of Early Atopy (SunBEAm) Analysis and Bioinformatics Center intends to develop a better understanding of allergy development. The center will apply systems biology to identify early-life markers of risk for food allergies and atopic dermatitis (also known as eczema), as well as biological pathways underlying these common conditions, through the profiling and analysis of longitudinal multi-omics data from a multi-center pre-birth cohort of 2,500 children.

Released: 24-Jan-2023 9:45 AM EST
Mount Sinai Physician Pays It Forward: $5 Million Bequest Promised to Support the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology
Mount Sinai Health System

The Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is delighted to announce a $5 million bequest promised by Kenneth L. Edelson, MD, Clinical Professor of Dermatology.

Released: 24-Jan-2023 8:05 AM EST
Learn CPR and Lower Your Stress: Mount Sinai Cardiologists Emphasize Their Importance During American Heart Month
Mount Sinai Health System

Doctors warn about lack of knowledge of administering CPR, especially in high-risk groups, and the rise of stress-related heart issues

Newswise: Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Receives Prestigious Award from City of Barcelona, Spain
Released: 23-Jan-2023 2:30 PM EST
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Receives Prestigious Award from City of Barcelona, Spain
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Heart President given top honor for his extraordinary scientific achievements

Newswise: Mount Sinai Researchers First to Identify That Two Separate Eye Diseases May Contribute to Common Blinding Eye Condition
Released: 9-Jan-2023 9:55 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers First to Identify That Two Separate Eye Diseases May Contribute to Common Blinding Eye Condition
Mount Sinai Health System

Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

Newswise: Potential New Targets Identified in Advanced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
3-Jan-2023 1:45 PM EST
Potential New Targets Identified in Advanced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Mount Sinai Health System

Using the latest technologies—including both single-nuclear sequencing of mice and human liver tissue and advanced 3D glass imaging of mice to characterize key scar-producing liver cells—researchers have uncovered novel candidate drug targets for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The research was led by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Utilizing these innovative methods, the investigators discovered a network of cell-to-cell communication driving scarring as liver disease advances. The findings, published online on January 4 in Science Translational Medicine, could lead to new treatments.

Newswise: Digital Marker for Coronary Artery Disease Built by Researchers at Mount Sinai
19-Dec-2022 7:00 PM EST
Digital Marker for Coronary Artery Disease Built by Researchers at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Health System

Using machine learning and clinical data from electronic health records, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York constructed an in silico, or computer-derived, marker for coronary artery disease (CAD) to better measure clinically important characterizations of the disease.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing Welcomes the Classes of 2022 in Graduation Ceremony
Released: 16-Dec-2022 6:30 PM EST
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing Welcomes the Classes of 2022 in Graduation Ceremony
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing is celebrating two graduating 2022 classes, August and December, with a total of 150 students. The graduation ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 15, at 4 pm at The Mount Sinai Hospital, Annenberg Building, Stern Auditorium (1468 Madison Ave. NY, NY 10029).

Released: 14-Dec-2022 11:45 AM EST
Mount Sinai’s Dubin Breast Cancer Center Raises $3 Million for 12th Anniversary
Mount Sinai Health System

The Dubin Breast Center of The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Mount Sinai Health System celebrated its 12th anniversary with its annual gala on Monday, December 12.

Released: 14-Dec-2022 11:25 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers Find New, Safer Treatment for Serious Side Effect of Bone Marrow Transplant
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai have identified a treatment that is effective and safer than the standard of care for a serious, and sometimes fatal, side effect of bone marrow transplant in cancer patients. Results from a phase 2 clinical trial were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in December.

8-Dec-2022 1:55 PM EST
Experimental Cancer Therapy Shows Success in More Than 70 Percent of Patients in Global Clinical Trials
Mount Sinai Health System

A new therapy that makes the immune system kill bone marrow cancer cells was successful in as many as 73 percent of patients in two clinical trials, according to researchers from The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

8-Dec-2022 11:30 AM EST
New Treatment for Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis Shows Promising Long-Term Results
Mount Sinai Health System

Patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis who participated in a clinical trial of rocatinlimab—a novel, patient-tailored monoclonal antibody therapy—showed promising results both while taking the drug and up to 20 weeks after the therapy was stopped

Newswise: Mount Sinai Study Links Molecular Changes to Long COVID a Year After Hospitalization
6-Dec-2022 10:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai Study Links Molecular Changes to Long COVID a Year After Hospitalization
Mount Sinai Health System

Study is one of the first to associate long COVID symptoms with changes in gene expression during acute COVID-19

Released: 6-Dec-2022 8:55 AM EST
Medical Students Lead Nationwide Movement to Excise Racism From Nephrology Curricula
Mount Sinai Health System

As medical schools across the country grapple with the arduous process of revising their curricula to be anti-racist, students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have turned a critical eye on the very textbooks that have trained medical students for years.

Released: 6-Dec-2022 7:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai First in Region Offering Telehealth Visits for Low-Acuity 911 Ambulance Calls
Mount Sinai Health System

Unique program keeps patients with less severe conditions out of the Emergency Department, saving them time and money

2-Dec-2022 3:05 PM EST
Mount Sinai Study Uncovers Inflammatory Markers that May Predict a Response in Certain Patients to COVID-19 Immunotherapies
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at The Tisch Cancer Institute uncovered inflammatory markers that may predict which COVID-19 patients are more likely to respond to therapies like the anti-cancer drug pacritinib, according to phase 2 trial results published in JAMA Network Open in December.

Released: 5-Dec-2022 8:00 AM EST
Published Real World Evidence Demonstrates KidneyIntelX™ Improved Clinical Decisions and Outcomes in High-Risk Patients with Early-Stage Diabetic Kidney Disease
Mount Sinai Health System

Renalytix plc (NASDAQ: RNLX) (LSE: RENX) announces the publication of new real-world evidence (RWE) in Primary Care and Community Health demonstrating the Company’s KidneyIntelX bioprognostic™ test resulted in changed clinical decision making for patients in the early-stage of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) being cared for within the Mount Sinai Health System’s Population Health Ambulatory Pharmacy and Condition Management programs.

   
Released: 1-Dec-2022 4:55 PM EST
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Continues Drive to Diversify Research by Appointing New Biomedical Laureates
Mount Sinai Health System

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai announced today the appointment of two new Laureates as part of its Biomedical Laureates Program, bringing the total to five appointments for this year and furthering its institutional commitment to broadening faculty diversity and mentorship opportunities.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Scientists Awarded Grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Advance Understanding and Therapeutics for Rare Blood Vessel Disease
Released: 1-Dec-2022 4:50 PM EST
Mount Sinai Scientists Awarded Grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Advance Understanding and Therapeutics for Rare Blood Vessel Disease
Mount Sinai Health System

Physician-scientist Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD, to lead research team in collaboration with non-profit organization

Newswise: Unraveling Cancer’s Complexities
Released: 30-Nov-2022 3:00 PM EST
Unraveling Cancer’s Complexities
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai physician-scientists share insights and report on developments in the field in “Frontiers of Medical Research: Cancer”

Newswise: Heightened Activity of Specific Brain Cells Following Traumatic Social Experience Blocks Social Reward and Promotes Sustained Social Avoidance
28-Nov-2022 4:40 PM EST
Heightened Activity of Specific Brain Cells Following Traumatic Social Experience Blocks Social Reward and Promotes Sustained Social Avoidance
Mount Sinai Health System

Past social trauma is encoded by a population of stress/threat-responsive brain cells that become hyperactivated during subsequent interaction with non-threatening social targets. As a consequence, previously rewarding social targets are now perceived as social threats, which promotes generalized social avoidance and impaired social reward processing that can contribute to psychiatric disorders.

17-Nov-2022 1:30 PM EST
Lung Cancer Screening Dramatically Increases Long-term Survival Rate
Mount Sinai Health System

Diagnosing early-stage lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening drastically improves the survival rate of cancer patients over a 20-year period, according to a large-scale international study being presented by Mount Sinai researchers at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

Released: 21-Nov-2022 4:50 PM EST
The Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation Names Mount Sinai Health System Partner Clinic
Mount Sinai Health System

The polycystic kidney disease (PKD) Foundation—the only organization in the U.S. dedicated solely to finding treatments and a cure for PKD recently named Mount Sinai Health System as a PKDF Partner Clinic for their desire to support patients with Autosomal Dominant PKD (ADPKD).

Released: 18-Nov-2022 9:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing Is Renamed and Unveils New Facilities in Upper Manhattan
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Health System has officially unveiled its new, state-of-the-art Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing (PSON) campus, located at 126th Street and Lexington Avenue.

Newswise: Blinding Eye Disease Strongly Associated With Serious Forms of Cardiovascular Disease
15-Nov-2022 8:00 AM EST
Blinding Eye Disease Strongly Associated With Serious Forms of Cardiovascular Disease
Mount Sinai Health System

Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage from heart failure and heart attacks, or advanced heart valve disease, or carotid artery disease associated with certain types of strokes, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

Released: 17-Nov-2022 9:35 AM EST
Mount Sinai Geriatricians to Develop Model Health Care Program for Older Adults With HIV
Mount Sinai Health System

A team of geriatricians at Mount Sinai’s Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine has been awarded $1.25 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Keith Haring Foundation to expand Mount Sinai’s interdisciplinary model of care for older patients living with HIV.

Newswise: Mount Sinai and MIT Researchers Uncover Link Between a Key Gene for Alzheimer’s Disease and Cholesterol Build-Up in the Brain
11-Nov-2022 4:00 PM EST
Mount Sinai and MIT Researchers Uncover Link Between a Key Gene for Alzheimer’s Disease and Cholesterol Build-Up in the Brain
Mount Sinai Health System

A gene recognized as the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) alters the way cholesterol moves around the brain and as we age, this altered movement likely contributes to loss of learning and memory, a team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reports.

Newswise: Genes to Potentially Diagnose Long-Term Lyme Disease Identified
14-Nov-2022 3:00 PM EST
Genes to Potentially Diagnose Long-Term Lyme Disease Identified
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at the Icahn Mount Sinai have identified 35 genes that are particularly highly expressed in people with long-term Lyme disease. These genes could potentially be used as biomarkers to diagnose patients with the condition, which is otherwise difficult to diagnose and treat. The findings, published November 15 in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, may also lead to new therapeutic targets. The study is the first to use transcriptomics as a blood test to measure RNA levels in patients with long-term Lyme disease.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Appoints Michal A. Elovitz, MD, as Dean for Women’s Health
Released: 15-Nov-2022 6:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai Appoints Michal A. Elovitz, MD, as Dean for Women’s Health
Mount Sinai Health System

Renowned preterm birth expert to lead efforts to improve women’s health and educate and empower women researchers



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