Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (AECOM) located in the Bronx, New York is a prestige medical college and research center established in 1955. AECOM has 750 M.D students, 350 Ph.D students in the Sue Golding Graduate Division including 125 in the combined MD/Ph.D program. There are 380 postdoctoral investigators at the Beifer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies. Recently the preeminent AECOM opened the Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine/Harold and Muriel Block Research Pavilion, a state of the art research center.
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1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
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Longevity tied to genes that preserve tips of chromosomes
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A team led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that rebuilds telomeres - the tip ends ...
Lifestyle changes may stave off diabetes for a decade
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Sustaining modest weight loss for 10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug over that time, can prevent or lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease, according to the Diabetes ...
Low vitamin D levels explains most ESRD risk in African-Americans
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Low levels of vitamin D may account for nearly 60 percent of the elevated risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in African Americans, according to a report in the December Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (J ...
Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?
Oct 15, 2009 |
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The fact that they eat a lot - and often - may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine ...
Effects of aspirin and folic acid on inflammation markers for colorectal adenomas
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Unexpectedly, inflammation markers do not appear to be involved with the chemopreventative effect of aspirin on colorectal adenomas, according to a brief communication published online October 12 in the Journal of the Na ...
Einstein to develop anti-HIV drug delivery system
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 02, 2009 |
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a four-year, $7.2 million grant to develop a microbicide-releasing vaginal ring to prevent HIV transmission.
Topical erectile dysfunction therapy shows promise (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 19, 2009 |
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An innovative drug-delivery system - nanoparticles encapsulating nitric oxide or prescription drugs - shows promise for topical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a new study by scientists ...
Scientists move closer to a safer anthrax vaccine
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified two small protein fragments that could be developed into an anthrax vaccine that may cause fewer side effects than ...
Scientists develop new method to detect copy number variants using DNA sequencing technologies
Aug 24, 2009 |
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A research team led by Associate Professor Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has developed a sensitive and accurate way of identifying gene copy number variations (CNVs). The method, which is ...
Strong link found between concussions and brain tissue injury (w/ Video)
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Concussions, whether from an accident, sporting event, or combat, can lead to permanent loss of higher level mental processes. Scientists have debated for centuries whether concussions involve structural damage ...
Researchers identify potential target for metastatic cancer
Aug 10, 2009 |
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The deadliest part of the cancer process, metastasis, appears to rely on help from macrophages, potent immune system cells that usually defend vigorously against disease, researchers at Albert Einstein College ...
'Brain exercises' may delay memory decline in dementia
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 03, 2009 |
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People who engage in activities that exercise the brain, such as reading, writing, and playing card games, may delay the rapid memory decline that occurs if they later develop dementia, according to a study published in the ...
Millions of US children low in vitamin D (w/ Video)
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Seven out of ten U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, raising their risk of bone and heart disease, according to a study of over 6,000 children by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. ...
AIDS patients face higher risk of HPV-related cancers as immunosuppression grows
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers is greater for people living with AIDS and increases with increasing immunosuppression, according to a new study published online July 31 in the Journal of the National Ca ...
NHLBI stops study of pulmonary hypertension treatment in sickle cell patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 28, 2009 |
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped a clinical trial testing a drug treatment for pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle cell disease nearly one year ...
