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New Anti-Cancer Therapies Could Result from MicroRNA Technology

New anti-cancer therapies could result from a technology that manipulates microRNAs (miRNAs) developed by Jingfang Ju, a biochemist and Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Renaissance School of Medicine at...

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Multiple Agents of Tick-Borne Diseases Found on Long Island

Multiple agents capable of causing human disease are present in three species of ticks in Long Island, according to a study published in mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Jorge Benach and Rafal...

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Study Links 9/11 Responders to Cognitive Impairment

A new study of 9/11 World Trade Center responders led by Stony Brook University reveals that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is strongly associated with onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The study...

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White Coat Ceremony Welcomes New Medical Students

White lab coats – traditional attire for healthcare professionals – were donned proudly by the incoming class of 136 medical students at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University as they officially became...

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Can Machine Learning Awaken Coma Patients?

I. Memming Park, Stony Brook’s 2019 Discovery Prize winner, built his first artificial neural network when he was in middle school. That long-held interest in how the brain works influenced his award-winning research...

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Stony Brook University: Computer Engineering IV Ramakishnan, Associate Dean of Research (CEAS) and Professor of Computer Science and Petar Djuric, Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering received a $3M NIH grant.

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Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Stony Brook scientists have received major NIH funding to investigate a pioneering approach to fetal monitoring that could improve outcomes in the delivery room. A multi-disciplinary team led by the College of...

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Gender-Based Medicine Can Enhance Treatment

Individual patients differ in their responses to treatment, and some of those differences are caused by the patient’s gender and hormones. That was the message delivered by Anat Biegon, PhD, Professor of Radiology and...

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Engineering and Medicine: A Symbiosis That Promises Real-World Miracles

A newly released report on the economic impact of Stony Brook University sets forth compelling numbers reflecting the University’s role as a catalyst for economic development and progress. Yet numbers alone can only...

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Eastern Long Island Hospital Joins Stony Brook Medicine Healthcare System

Eastern Long Island Hospital (ELIH) officially joins the Stony Brook Medicine healthcare system as of July 1, combining the best in academic and community medicine to improve access to advanced medical care for...

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Research Suggests New Ways of Overcoming Resistance to Chemotherapy Drugs

Engineered cell evolution could provide a new pathway for halting cancer drug resistance, according to research led by Gábor Balázsi, associate professor in Stony Brook University’s Laufer Center and Department of...

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Opioid Poisoning Rates Higher and in a More Diverse Population, Study Shows

Opioid poisoning (OP) levels almost doubled from 2010 to 2016, according to a cohort study by Stony Brook University researchers of all payer hospital data on Long Island, combined with census data. Additionally, the...

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Higher Education Linked to Later Onset of Alzheimer’s

Researchers have uncovered a new addition to the long list of benefits from attending college: increased resistance to Alzheimer’s Disease. A new study by Stony Brook University scientists reveals that higher...

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Four Lives Changed by Stony Brook Kidney Transplants

With four lifesaving surgeries, Stony Brook Medicine’s Kidney Transplantation Services created a kidney transplant chain that now has bound together donors and recipients in shared gratitude and friendship. It started...

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SBU Alum Dr. Lauren Maloney Receives Multiple Honors in Emergency Medicine

Dr. Lauren Maloney, a chief resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine (EM), has received two national Emergency Medicine awards at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Conference held in Las...

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Measles Outbreak – Why it Happened and What to Do

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as of April 26, 2019, there have been 704 cases of measles reported in the United States. This is the greatest number of cases since the disease was thought to have...

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Vaping Teens May Not Know How Much Nicotine They Consume

Teens may be unaware of how much nicotine they are consuming when they vape, according to a study led by Rachel Boykan, MD, of the Department of Pediatrics at the Renaissance School of Medicine. In an anonymous study...

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Dr. Joel Saltz Formally Invested as Cherith Foundation Chair in Biomedical Informatics at Stony Brook University

Endowed chair forges connection between medicine and engineering The fight against cancer and other deadly diseases is constantly becoming more and more advanced. To make these advances possible, new tools based on...

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Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

Outside of a temporary pop-up clinic at a Cookeville, Tennessee high school, patients had been sleeping in cars and waiting upwards of 24-hours for medical, dental, and vision care. This level of need is pervasive in...

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Category - Medicine

New Anti-Cancer Therapies Could Result from MicroRNA Technology

Multiple Agents of Tick-Borne Diseases Found on Long Island

Study Links 9/11 Responders to Cognitive Impairment

White Coat Ceremony Welcomes New Medical Students

Can Machine Learning Awaken Coma Patients?

Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Gender-Based Medicine Can Enhance Treatment

Engineering and Medicine: A Symbiosis That Promises Real-World Miracles

Research Suggests New Ways of Overcoming Resistance to Chemotherapy Drugs

Opioid Poisoning Rates Higher and in a More Diverse Population, Study Shows

Higher Education Linked to Later Onset of Alzheimer’s

Four Lives Changed by Stony Brook Kidney Transplants

SBU Alum Dr. Lauren Maloney Receives Multiple Honors in Emergency Medicine

Measles Outbreak – Why it Happened and What to Do

Vaping Teens May Not Know How Much Nicotine They Consume

Dr. Joel Saltz Formally Invested as Cherith Foundation Chair in Biomedical Informatics at Stony Brook University

Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

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