An innovative program that supports parents and teachers of public school pre-kindergarten students improves early academic achievement, according to a new study published in the April 15 online edition of Pediatrics. In a f ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 16, 2013 2 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a protein called TAT-5 that affects the production of extracellular vesicles, small sacs of membrane released from the surface of cells, capable of sending signals ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 17, 2011 not rated yet 0

Scientists have deciphered the genome of a bacterium implicated as a key player in regulating the immune system of mice. The genomic analysis provides the first glimpse of its unusually sparse genetic blueprint ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Sep 14, 2011 not rated yet 0

In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of Microbiology ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Aug 24, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 6 |

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have discovered the cellular mechanisms that normally generate chromosomal breaks in bacteria such as E. coli. The study's findings are published in the August 18 issue of the journal ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Aug 18, 2011 not rated yet 0

NYU Langone Medical Center completed its first surgery this month using a new near-infrared fluorescence imaging guided system available on the da Vinci Si Surgical System, the most advanced robotic surgical system in the ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Mar 29, 2011 not rated yet 0

Researchers from across multiple disciplines at NYU Langone Medical Center created a new protein molecule derived from the growth factor progranulin may provide the basis for new therapies in inflammatory diseases, such as ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 10, 2011 3.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

A new study conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and Yale School of Medicine shows that when hospitals acquire surgical robotic technology, men in that region are more likely to have prostate cancer surgery. ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Mar 10, 2011 not rated yet 0

Researchers from the Department of Neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center identified potential benefits of a new computer application that automatically detects subtle brain lesions in MRI scans in patients with epilepsy. ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Feb 16, 2011 not rated yet 0

A new study led by an NYU School of Medicine investigator and published in the February 15, 2011, Advance Online Publication, International Journal of Obesity, challenges the idea that calorie labeling has an effect on the ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 15, 2011 not rated yet 0

Researchers at the NYU Child Study Center demonstrated that a brief program for families of Pre-Kindergarten students attending schools in disadvantaged urban communities improved children's behavior at school. The study, ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Feb 04, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new study involving a man who swallowed worm eggs to relieve symptoms of ulcerative colitis sheds light on how worms promote healing in the intestine. The study, published today in Science Translational Medicine, also i ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Dec 01, 2010 4.9 / 5 (7) 5 |

Instructions on boxes and bottles of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines for children in the United States are confusing and hard for parents to understand and follow, according to a study in the December 1 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health - Medications

Nov 30, 2010 not rated yet 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying genetic data from nearly 50,000 people have uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with the electrical impulses that make the heart beat. The findings, reported in Nature Ge ...

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Nov 14, 2010 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

A protein crucial for the immune response appears to be a key player in the progression of a devastating form of childhood leukemia called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Suppressing the activity of the protein ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

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