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Mount Sinai wins $500,000 grant to support continued innovation in pancreatic cancer treatment

The Canopy Cancer Collective, a national nonprofit organization that strives to fuel better treatments and outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients, has awarded The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai a $500,000 grant to support continued innovation in its multidisciplinary treatment of pancreatic cancer.

19 Apr 2022

Bioprinting for bone repair enhanced with two growth factor encoding genes

Given enough time and energy, the body will heal, but when doctors or engineers intervene, the processes do not always proceed as planned because chemicals that control and facilitate the healing process are missing.

13 Apr 2022

The Mount Sinai Hospital completes full renovation of its children's ED

The Mount Sinai Hospital has announced the completion of a full renovation of its children's Emergency Department (ED), and a newly redesigned area for walk-in, low acuity adult patients.

11 Apr 2022

Study captures the immune effect of COVID-19 vaccine in patients with multiple myeloma

Most immunocompromised people with a blood cancer called multiple myeloma benefited from a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines, a promising sign after it was shown that two doses tended to not be sufficient for them.

6 Apr 2022

NIH program provides a real-time risk assessment of variants of SARS-CoV-2

Faculty from the Departments of Microbiology, Medicine Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Pathology and Molecular Cell-Based Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai play key roles in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program set up to provide a real-time risk assessment of variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The program, called SARS-CoV-2 Assessment of Viral Evolution (SAVE) and described in a paper published March 31 in Nature, assesses how the variants might affect transmission, virulence, and resistance to both disease-induced (convalescent) and vaccine-induced immunity.

31 Mar 2022

Comprehensive preventive efforts cut the number of catheter infections

Patients with urinary catheters often get infections. But more comprehensive preventive efforts in health care cut the proportion affected in a group of frail elderly patients from 18 to 4 percent, a study led by University of Gothenburg researchers shows.

28 Mar 2022

Novel ACL reconstruction technique in younger patients garners positive results two years post-surgery

A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting found that a novel surgical technique performed during anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in certain younger patients garnered positive results two years post-surgery.

27 Mar 2022

Comparing outcomes of modern cementless knee implant with standard knee replacement surgery

Cementless knee replacement, an alternative approach to traditional cemented knee replacement surgery, is garnering interest in the field of orthopedic surgery.

22 Mar 2022

Study finds lesser satisfaction with care after knee or hip replacement among Black patients

A study presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting found that Black patients were less likely than white patients to be completely satisfied with the process of care following knee or hip replacement.

22 Mar 2022

Men presented more severe carpal tunnel syndrome and were offered surgery more often than women

Males presented with more severe carpal tunnel syndrome and were offered surgery more often than females with the condition, according to work by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery featured today in a poster presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting.

22 Mar 2022

Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery

Many patients who undergo surgery to correct a collapsing foot share the question: Will I be able to get back to doing the things I love?

22 Mar 2022

Mount Sinai launches phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity of egg-based COVID-19 vaccine

A team of clinical investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of a Phase 1, open-label, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an egg-based COVID-19 vaccine in healthy, vaccinated adults who have never been infected with COVID-19.

21 Mar 2022

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

Novel intervention after concussion may reduce subsequent injury risk

As assistant professor of orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, David Howell, PhD, understands the relationship between concussions and subsequent injury in athletes -; namely, that after suffering a concussion, athletes at all levels are more likely to sustain another injury within the next year.

10 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

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

Messenger RNA can be used at low doses to regenerate bone without side effects

Although fractures normally heal, bone will not regenerate under several circumstances. When bone does not regenerate, major clinical problems could result, including amputation.

17 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

Children’s National performs first-ever HIFU surgery on a pediatric patient with neurofibromatosis

Children's National Hospital successfully performed the first-ever high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) surgery on a pediatric patient with neurofibromatosis (NF).

9 Feb 2022

Orthopedics News and Research

Mount Sinai wins $500,000 grant to support continued innovation in pancreatic cancer treatment

Bioprinting for bone repair enhanced with two growth factor encoding genes

The Mount Sinai Hospital completes full renovation of its children's ED

Study captures the immune effect of COVID-19 vaccine in patients with multiple myeloma

NIH program provides a real-time risk assessment of variants of SARS-CoV-2

Comprehensive preventive efforts cut the number of catheter infections

Novel ACL reconstruction technique in younger patients garners positive results two years post-surgery

Comparing outcomes of modern cementless knee implant with standard knee replacement surgery

Study finds lesser satisfaction with care after knee or hip replacement among Black patients

Men presented more severe carpal tunnel syndrome and were offered surgery more often than women

Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery

Mount Sinai launches phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity of egg-based COVID-19 vaccine

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

Novel intervention after concussion may reduce subsequent injury risk

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

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

Messenger RNA can be used at low doses to regenerate bone without side effects

Molecular treatment works against metastatic cancer that spread to the brain

Children’s National performs first-ever HIFU surgery on a pediatric patient with neurofibromatosis

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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