Researchers Discover How Cancer Cells Remain Dormant for Years Before Metastasis Occurs
Cells secrete type of collagen to stay dormant and wake up when collagen levels decrease. Mount Sinai researchers have solved a major mystery in cancer…
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Are Scientists Being Fooled by Bacteria? New Machine Learning Algorithm Reveals the Truth About DNA
Previous studies of a genetic on/off switch may have been confounded by contamination, but Mount Sinai scientists have created a new tool for accurately determining…
Most “Pathogenic” Genetic Variants Have a Low Risk of Actually Causing Disease
Results of large biobank study by Mount Sinai researchers may help doctors better assess true disease risk. Imagine getting a positive result on a genetic…
Mount Sinai Scientists: Potentially Serious Side Effect Seen in Patient After Immunotherapy
Symptoms resembling Parkinson’s disease are a cautionary finding in CAR-T cell treatment for multiple myeloma. Mount Sinai scientists have become the first to report a…
Study of Suicide Attempts Confirms Genetic Underpinnings Not Driven by Underlying Psychiatric Disorders
An international consortium of scientists dissects the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempts, psychiatric disorders, and non-psychiatric risk factors. In the largest genetic study of…
Important Clue to Rare Inflammatory Disease Found in Children Following COVID-19 Infection
Mount Sinai researchers have found an important clue to a rare but serious aftereffect of COVID-19 in children, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children…
Intensity of 9/11 World Trade Center Dust Exposure Linked to Liver Injuries for the First Time
World Trade Center responders with the greatest exposure to toxic dust have a higher likelihood of liver disease. Mount Sinai researchers have found evidence for…
New Gene Therapy Developed That Could Be Effective Against Many Types of Cancer
Mount Sinai researchers have developed a therapeutic agent that shows high effectiveness in vitro at disrupting a biological pathway that helps cancer survive, according to…
Researchers Discover New Drugs That Inhibit a “Master Switch” in a Deadly Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
A new class of drugs that inhibits a “master switch” involved in the vast majority of cases of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a fatal subtype…
Warning: High Caffeine Consumption May Increase Risk of Blinding Eye Disease
Consuming large amounts of daily caffeine may increase the risk of glaucoma more than three-fold for those with a genetic predisposition to higher eye pressure…
If You Had COVID-19, Second Shot of Vaccine May Not Be Necessary
A single shot of one of the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines may be sufficient to provide immunity to individuals who have previously been infected by…
Brain Ion Channel Identified As New Approach to Treating Depression – Scientists “Surprised” by Significant Improvements in Depressive Symptoms
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a drug that works against depression by a completely different mechanism than existing…
Strong Results for Advanced Universal Flu Vaccine in Clinical Trials
A vaccine that induces immune responses to a wide spectrum of influenza virus strains and subtypes has produced strong and durable results in early-stage clinical…
Asymptomatic COVID-19 Transmission Revealed Through Study of 2,000 Marine Recruits
A study of nearly 2,000 Marine recruits who went through supervised quarantine before starting basic training revealed several instances of asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the…
Cardiac Ultrasounds Show Damaging Impact of COVID-19 on the Heart
Cardiac ultrasounds (also known as echocardiograms) are providing a view of the heart and the impact of the COVID-19 virus on patients. A new study…
Researchers May Have Discovered the True Cause of Low Oxygen Levels in Severe Cases of COVID-19
A new pilot study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that COVID-19 is causing significant dilation of the blood vessels of…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Viruses Can Steal Our Genetic Code to Create New Human-Virus Genes
Study unveils novel mechanism that allows viruses to produce unexpected proteins. Like a scene out of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a virus infects a…
Viruses Can Steal Our Genetic Code to Create New Hybrid Human-Virus Genes
Scientists have shown that a large group of viruses, including the influenza viruses and other serious pathogens, steal genetic signals from their hosts to expand…
