Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified a potential new therapy for COVID-19: a biologic substance created by reengineered human skin cells.
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Study hints at how early life experiences may affect brain wiring
A new study of brain development in mice shortly after birth may provide insights into how early life events can affect wiring patterns in the brain that manifest as disease later in life – specifically such disorders as schizophrenia, epilepsy and autism.
Experts Available to Discuss MS, Epilepsy and Brain Injuries During March Awareness Months
The brain is front and center during March, and experts from the Cedars-Sinai departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery are available for interviews about the latest research and treatments for neurological diseases and conditions, including multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and traumatic brain injuries.
Analysis suggests China has passed U.S. on one research measure
After decades of dominance by the United States, a new measure suggests that China edged the U.S. in 2019 on one important measurement of national research success.
How Does the Brain Make Memories?
Researchers have discovered two types of brain cells that play a key role in dividing continuous human experience into distinct segments that can be recalled later. The discovery provides new promise as a path toward development of novel treatments for memory disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s Buckeye Paws program expanding to university
Buckeye Paws, a popular mental health therapy dog program that provides comfort to students, faculty and staff throughout the Wexner Medical Center, is expanding its services beyond the medical center.
Work, sex, swimming and fit bands: all safe for dialysis patients
Dialysis patient Dean Churcham demonstrates the benefits of regular exercise. On dialysis for kidney failure and assume swimming or sit ups are out of the question? Think again. New international guidelines have been released on the eve of Kidney Health Week showing how important it is for dialysis patients to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives. Led by renal expert UniSA...
6 Expert Tips to Prevent Colorectal Cancer
There are no ifs, ands or "butts" about it: March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and a timely reminder to get screened for one of the deadliest--and most preventable--cancers.
Stillbirth and chronic disease link identified in world first discovery
In a world first discovery, South Australian researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a lymphatic disorder that may cause stillbirth or severe, chronic disease in affected children. An anomaly in the development of lymphatic vessels in unborn children, leading to fluid accumulating in the heart, lungs and other organs, has been uncovered by scientists from the Centre for...
Future of COVID-19: What Comes Next?
Two years after the pandemic began, the virus that causes COVID-19 is becoming a little easier to live with, thanks to medical innovations.
