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Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

In an unparalleled effort to deliver outstanding comprehensive care and to employ revolutionary approaches to novel therapeutics around the skin condition alopecia areata, the Mount Sinai Health System has launched the Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence.

21 Mar 2022

Penn State professor receives $2.8 million NIH grant to investigate lower jaw development

How the lower jaw - mandible - develops and consequently how and why some developmental birth defects occur is the focus of a five-year, $2.8 million grant to Joan Richtsmeier, distinguished professor of anthropology, Penn State, from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research.

16 Mar 2022

Synthetic viral vector and surgical approach enable efficient gene transfer into the inner ear of primates

A synthetic viral vector and a novel surgical approach developed at Mass Eye and Ear has enabled efficient gene transfer into the inner ear of nonhuman primates, a research team working towards the development of effective treatments for hearing loss and vestibular disorders has reported.

15 Mar 2022

Malaria drug could help treat chemotherapy-resistant head and neck cancers

A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumor-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.

14 Mar 2022

Researchers solve the structure of large signaling protein involved in emergence of blood cancers

Researchers led by Christopher Garcia of the Ludwig Center at Stanford University have solved the long-sought structure of a large signaling protein involved in responses to infection, inflammation, the generation of immune cells and when dysregulated by mutation - the emergence of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms.

11 Mar 2022

Damage to the inner ear system linked to fall risk among Alzheimer’s patients

A Johns Hopkins Medicine study of about 50 people with Alzheimer's disease has added to evidence that damage to the inner ear system that controls balance is a major factor in patients' well-documented higher risk of falling.

10 Mar 2022

Study shows anti-itch and pain relief potential of protein in tick saliva

A protein found in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases itching and chronic pain in people.

8 Mar 2022

A special surgical microscope to illuminate blood, bacterial biofilms, cartilage, and soft tissue

Inflammation of the middle ear is often triggered a cholesteatoma, an aggressive form of chronic otitis media. In order to detect cholesteatomas and bacterial biofilms and to remove them safely, the new collaborative project 'BetterView' is working on a special surgical microscope.

4 Mar 2022

Community-based approach to genetic testing may have beneficial effects, study finds

In 2010, scientists discovered that African Americans who are born with certain variants of a gene called apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) have a higher-than-average risk for experiencing chronic kidney disease (CKD).

4 Mar 2022

Microsurgical replantation should be expanded beyond current clinical practice, experts say

The composite tissue transfer techniques used and refined in face transplant surgery may also be used to perform microsurgical replantation – using the person's own tissues – in patients with other types of severe facial injuries, suggests a clinical report in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.

4 Mar 2022

Researchers explore a human speech recognition model based on machine learning

Hearing loss is a rapidly growing area of scientific research as the number of baby boomers dealing with hearing loss continues to increase as they age.

2 Mar 2022

Antibiotics provide no benefit in preventing recurrent wheezing in infants hospitalized with RSV

Antibiotics provide no benefit in preventing future recurrent wheezing in babies hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to a new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And there is some evidence that antibiotics may make wheezing worse.

27 Feb 2022

Study reveals the various ways patients with multiple sclerosis acquire disability

A new study conducted by researchers from the Corrine Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in collaboration with Novartis, the University of Oxford and key MS experts across the globe, has revealed detailed information on the various ways patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) acquire disability.

23 Feb 2022

The 'Ross procedure' may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement in younger adults

The "Ross procedure" may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement among patients under 50 years old than more standard mechanical or biological replacements, according to a new study from The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

21 Feb 2022

Study investigates if COVID-19 restrictions were associated with differences in health and lifestyle of Labradors

A new study investigated whether COVID-19 restrictions were associated with differences in Dogslife Labrador Retrievers' lifestyle.

15 Feb 2022

Group cell movement could be harnessed to stop cancer spread, study suggests

Cells push and pull on surrounding tissue to move in groups as they form organs in an embryo, track down invading bacteria, and become cancerous and spread.

14 Feb 2022

Molecular treatment works against metastatic cancer that spread to the brain

Mount Sinai researchers conducting clinical trials of a drug targeting a cancer gene found that it increased metastatic cancer patients' survival and was able to work within the brain, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research in February.

10 Feb 2022

New method may be effective at quantifying DNA adenine methylation in complex organisms

For decades, a small group of cutting-edge medical researchers have been studying a biochemical, DNA tagging system, which switches genes on or off. Many have studied it in bacteria and now some have seen signs of it in, plants, flies, and even human brain tumors.

3 Feb 2022

New model can localize sounds in the real world

The human brain is finely tuned not only to recognize particular sounds, but also to determine which direction they came from. By comparing differences in sounds that reach the right and left ear, the brain can estimate the location of a barking dog, wailing fire engine, or approaching car.

28 Jan 2022

COVID-19 vaccination does not affect fertility outcomes in patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization

Vaccination against COVID-19 did not affect fertility outcomes in patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a new study has found.

27 Jan 2022

Ear News and Research

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

Penn State professor receives $2.8 million NIH grant to investigate lower jaw development

Synthetic viral vector and surgical approach enable efficient gene transfer into the inner ear of primates

Malaria drug could help treat chemotherapy-resistant head and neck cancers

Researchers solve the structure of large signaling protein involved in emergence of blood cancers

Damage to the inner ear system linked to fall risk among Alzheimer’s patients

Study shows anti-itch and pain relief potential of protein in tick saliva

A special surgical microscope to illuminate blood, bacterial biofilms, cartilage, and soft tissue

Community-based approach to genetic testing may have beneficial effects, study finds

Microsurgical replantation should be expanded beyond current clinical practice, experts say

Researchers explore a human speech recognition model based on machine learning

Antibiotics provide no benefit in preventing recurrent wheezing in infants hospitalized with RSV

Study reveals the various ways patients with multiple sclerosis acquire disability

The 'Ross procedure' may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement in younger adults

Study investigates if COVID-19 restrictions were associated with differences in health and lifestyle of Labradors

Group cell movement could be harnessed to stop cancer spread, study suggests

Molecular treatment works against metastatic cancer that spread to the brain

New method may be effective at quantifying DNA adenine methylation in complex organisms

New model can localize sounds in the real world

COVID-19 vaccination does not affect fertility outcomes in patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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