By incorporating a gene-suppressing drug into an over-the-counter gel, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and their colleagues cut healing time by half and significantly impr... Read more
The newest antiviral drugs could take advantage of a compound made not by humans, but inside them. A team of researchers has identified the mode of action of viperin, a naturally occurring e... Read more
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have discovered the first compound that directly makes cancer cells commit suicide while sparing healthy cells. The new treatment approach,... Read more
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that stem cells in the brain’s hypothalamus govern how fast aging occurs in the body. The finding, made in mice, could lead to ne... Read more
Ebola Treatment Breakthrough After analyzing the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak, a team of scientists from academia, industry and the government has discovered the first n... Read more
Advance Could Also Work Against Other Viruses In research published online today in Science, a team of scientists describe a new therapeutic strategy to target a hidden Achilles’ heel shared... Read more
Researchers could be closing in on a “fountain of youth” drug that can delay the effects of aging and improve the health of older adults, a new study suggests Seniors received a... Read more
FINDING MAY EXPLAIN MANY BRAIN DISORDERS, LEAD TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT A new study led by Weill Cornell Medical College scientists shows that the most common genetic form of mental retar... Read more
“This compound showed powerful activity against ordinary active TB bacteria, non-replicating TB bacteria and even extensively drug-resistant TB strains,” An international team led by s... Read more
In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria i... Read more
While the search continues for the Fountain of Youth, researchers may have found the body’s “fountain of aging”: the brain region known as the hypothalamus. For the first time, scientists at... Read more
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a therapy for pancreatic cancer that uses Listeria bacteria to selectively infect tumor cells a... Read more
EEG does not directly read thoughts. Electroencephalography used to require a person to sit still while a computer tracked the brain’s electrical impulses. A newer technology un... Read more
A potential vaccine against tuberculosis has been found to completely eliminate tuberculosis bacteria from infected tissues in some mice. The vaccine was created with a strain of bacteria th... Read more
