Prominent Scientist Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D., To Lead New Cancer Dormancy and Tumor Microenvironment Institute at Albert Einstein Cancer Center

Albert Einstein Cancer Center (AECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Montefiore Health System today announced that leading cancer biologist Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D., has been named founding director of the Cancer Dormancy and Tumor...
16-Jun-2021 2:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Experimental Drug Shows Potential Against Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed an experimental drug that reversed key symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The drug works by reinvigorating a cellular cleaning mechanism that gets rid of unwanted proteins by...
16-Apr-2021 5:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Novel Drug Regenerates Erectile Nerves Damaged by Prostate Surgery

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a topical drug that regenerates and restores the function of erectile nerves damaged by radical prostatectomy, the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer. The drug was...
14-Apr-2021 4:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Majority of Cancer Patients with COVID-19 Have Similar Immune Response to People Without Cancer

Most people with cancer who are infected by the novel coronavirus produce antibodies at a rate comparable to the rest of the population—but their ability to do so depends on their type of cancer and the treatments they’ve received, according to...
22-Mar-2021 8:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Era of Partnership Between Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medicine

Dr. Ari Berman and Dr. Philip Ozuah signed a new agreement between Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medicine launching a joint Yeshiva University-Einstein BA/BS-MD program for highly qualified high school graduates ensuring their path to an...
19-Jan-2021 1:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Stroke and Altered Mental State Increase Risk of Death for COVID-19 Patients

People hospitalized with COVID-19 and neurological problems including stroke and confusion, have a higher risk of dying than other COVID-19 patients, according to a study published online today by researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert...
18-Dec-2020 10:20 AM EST Add to Favorites

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Researchers Receive $5 Million NIH Grant to Study HIV and HPV Cancers in Africa

A team of scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $4.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a research center to investigate HIV- and human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers...
13-Nov-2020 11:55 AM EST Add to Favorites

Tackling Teenage Depression: $4 Million NIH Grant Supports Search for Biomarkers for Severe Depression

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), in 2017 approximately 13% of adolescents in the United States, or 3.2 million children aged 12 to 17, had at least one major episode of depression. While many recover from such an episode,...
10-Nov-2020 11:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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