Genetic Breakthrough Identifies Heart Failure Risk in African and Latino Americans

Findings may inform genetic screening test for patients at risk and medically under-served
9-Dec-2019 4:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, Director of the Mount Sinai Bone Program, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
9-Dec-2019 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers Create a Potential Therapy for Deadly Breast Cancer That Has Few Treatment Options

Mount Sinai researchers have designed an innovative experimental therapy that may be able to stop the growth of triple-negative breast cancer, the deadliest type of breast cancer, which has few effective treatment options, according to a study...
5-Dec-2019 3:55 PM EST Add to Favorites

Mount Sinai Receives $1 Million Grant for Prostate Cancer Research

The Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $1 million grant from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.
5-Dec-2019 10:15 AM EST Add to Favorites

New Discovery in C. difficile Biology Could Lead to Treatments for Dangerous Bacterial Infections

A process called sporulation that helps the dangerous bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to survive inhospitable conditions and spread is regulated by epigenetics, factors that affect gene expression beyond the DNA genetic code.
19-Nov-2019 2:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

Mount Sinai Researchers Uncover New Molecular Drivers of Parkinson’s Disease

New Approach Will Lead to a Better Understanding of Most Cases
15-Nov-2019 1:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital Partners With Bezos Family Foundation to Advance Early Childhood Development

(New York, NY – November 19, 2019) Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital announced today that it has partnered with the Bezos Family Foundation and Vroom, the Foundation’s early learning program. Their shared purpose involves transforming...
14-Nov-2019 4:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Mount Sinai Announces Expanded Capability in Medical Research

New “big omics” supercomputer will speed up solutions; insights will lead to advances in a wide range of complex diseases
18-Nov-2019 9:45 AM EST Add to Favorites

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