Mount Sinai researchers succeed in programming blood forming stem cells ( The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine ) By transferring four genes into mouse fibroblast cells, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have produced cells that resemble hematopoietic stem cells, which produce millions of new blood cells in the human body every day. These findings provide a platform for future development of patient-specific stem ...
June 13, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Mount Sinai researchers provide 1st prospective characterization of a genetic subtype of autism ( The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine ) In the first prospective study of its kind, Seaver Autism Center researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provide new evidence of the severity of intellectual, motor, and speech impairments in a subtype of autism called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome.
June 11, 2013 - EurekAlert!