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Scientists discover genes to diagnose long-term Lyme disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine in New York discovered 35 genes that are overly expressed in people with chronic Lyme disease. These genes could be used as biomarkers to diagnose patients with the condition, which is currently difficult to treat.
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New tool discovered for estimating people's total exposure to potentially
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A novel metric that estimates our "burden," or cumulative exposure, to a family of thousands of synthetic chemicals that we encounter in everyday life with potentially adverse health impacts, has been created by a team of researchers at Mount Sinai.
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'Assault on Precinct 13' star Austin Stoker passes away at 92
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): Late veteran star Austin Stoker, who most notably starred in John Carpenter's sophomore feature 'Assault on Precinct 13' and co-starred with Pam Grier in the 1975 blaxploitation feature 'Sheba, Baby,' passed away on Friday at the age of 92 due to renal f
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'Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens' star Kitten Natividad passes away
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad, a go-go dancer who rose to fame after Russ Meyer cast her in the slasher film 'Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens,' passed away on Saturday at the age of 74 at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from kidney failure
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Researchers find novel method for treating neurological disorders in patie
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): Researchers at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine, and other organisations have successfully reversed the effects of several lethal inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as lysosom
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Researchers discover new way to reverse effects of neurological disease in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Scientists at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and other institutions have reversed the effects of several life-threatening inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as lysosomal st
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Genetic score identifies those susceptible to sudden cardiac death
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], August 23 (ANI): Researchers at Cedars-Smidt Sinai's Heart Institute are getting closer to identifying patients who are most at risk of suffering from sudden cardiac death, which is when the heart stops beating due to an electrical problem.
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Bladder cancer immunotherapy response can be predicted by genetics
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 8 (ANI): Genetic signatures that can predict whether tumours in patients with bladder and other cancers will respond to immunotherapy have recently been identified by researchers from Cedars-Sinai Cancer.
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Specific environmental exposures might help predict death risk from cardio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by exposure to specific environmental factors, showing, for example, that air pollution heightens the risk of heart disease mortality by 17 per cent.
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A biomarker in liquid biopsy for lung cancer can be reliable than tumour b
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 2 (ANI): Mount Sinai researchers have proven that a simple blood test called a liquid biopsy can be a stronger predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will work for a patient with lung cancer than an invasive tumour biopsy technique.
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Study: A potential target for future therapies to treat inflammatory disea
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], June 2 (ANI): According to a study by the investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a gene that plays a crucial role in the innate human immune system has been found.
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Brain cell activity is responsible for central nervous system disorder out
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], June 2 (ANI): According to a research led by the investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, brain cell activities and the spinal cord is responsible for regulating the body's response to the central nervous systems (CNS) disorders such as Alzheimer's, Hu
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