Researchers uncover new potential biomarker and therapeutic target for...
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an analysis of more than 1,300 human breast tissue samples, a team of Stony Brook University School of Medicine researchers discovered a possible role of the squamous cell carcinoma...
View ArticleTeam demonstrates breakthrough method of stem cell expansion
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers in the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine have discovered a laboratory method to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using the...
View ArticleMajority of Americans think they pay more toward social security and medicare...
According to a newly released Stony Brook Poll conducted in association with Left Right Research, a Long Island based Marketing Research supplier, more than 81 percent of approximately 7,000 people...
View ArticleMechanism of action behind novel cancer agents targeting tumor cell...
(Medical Xpress) -- The discovery of the mechanism of action behind a novel class of anticancer drugs designed to disrupt cancer cell mitochondrial metabolism may be a major step toward furthering...
View ArticleNew technique to stimulate heart muscle by light may lead to light-controlled...
By employing optogenetics, a new field that uses genetically altered cells to respond to light, and a tandem unit cell (TCU) strategy, researchers at Stony Brook University have demonstrated a way to...
View ArticleSeafood: can there be too much of a good thing?
Stony Brook University has launched a pilot epidemiologic study targeting avid fish consumers that will examine the benefits and risks of seafood consumption. The Long Island Study of Seafood...
View ArticleStudy links toxic component in herbal remedies to kidney failure and cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Aristolochic acid, a component of a plant used in herbal remedies since ancient times and still used in certain herbal medicines worldwide, leads to kidney failure and upper...
View ArticleStudy of WTC responders: PTSD and respiratory illness linked
(Medical Xpress) -- More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a...
View ArticleDrug to treat HIV in children shows promise via national study
(Medical Xpress) -- For children and adolescents with HIV infection, the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of...
View ArticleWalking and texting at the same time? Study says think again
(Medical Xpress) -- Talking on a cell phone or texting while walking may seem natural and easy, but it could be dangerous and result in walking errors and interfere with memory recall. Researchers at...
View ArticleStudy of one million Americans shows obesity and pain linked
(Medical Xpress) -- A clear association between obesity and pain with higher rates of pain identified in the heaviest individuals was found in a study of more than one million Americans published...
View ArticleStudy shows most commonly mutated gene in cancer may have a role in stroke
The gene p53 is the most commonly mutated gene in cancer. p53 is dubbed the guardian of the genome because it blocks cells with damaged DNA from propagating and eventually becoming cancerous....
View ArticleStudy shows ultrasound triggers bone cell mobility
Research led by Yi-Xian Qin, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Director of the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory at Stony Brook University, demonstrated that the...
View ArticleStudy reveals harmful effects of compact fluorescent light bulbs to skin
(Medical Xpress) -- Inspired by a European study, a team of Stony Brook University researchers looked into the potential impact of healthy human skin tissue (in vitro) being exposed to ultraviolet rays...
View ArticleResearchers develop neuroimaging technique capturing cocaine's devastating...
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University have developed a high-resolution, 3D optical Doppler imaging tomography technique that captures the...
View ArticleStudy reveals 'silencing' newborn neurons leads to impaired memory
(Medical Xpress)—Newly generated, or newborn neurons in the adult hippocampus are critical for memory retrieval, according to a study led by Stony Brook University researchers to be published in the...
View ArticleNew research method to identify brain tumors could enhance neurosurgery
(Medical Xpress)—The use of a new brain tumor-targeting contrast agent that differentiates between normal and cancer cells in conjunction with a high-powered microscopy system could potentially lead to...
View ArticleStudy shows one in three children with MS has cognitive impairment
(Medical Xpress)—Data from the largest multicenter study accessing cognitive functioning in children with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals that one-third of these patients have cognitive impairment,...
View ArticleScientists find way to image brain waste removal process, may lead to...
(Medical Xpress)—A novel way to image the entire brain's glymphatic pathway, a dynamic process that clears waste and solutes from the brain that otherwise might build-up and contribute to the...
View ArticleNew FDA-approved clot removal devices show promise for treating stroke patients
Specialists at Stony Brook Medicine's Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center (CVC) are treating patients with a new generation of blood clot removal devices that show promise in successfully revascularizing...
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