New York News in Research: July  2016
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Four NYC Medical Centers Receive New NIH Precision Medicine Grant

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and Weill Cornell Medicine, in collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian and NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, have been awarded a grant from the NIH for approximately $4 million in fiscal year 2016 to enroll participants in the  Cohort Program  of President Barack Obama's  Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI)
 - a large-scale research effort to improve our ability to prevent and treat disease based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics.


neuroCancer
NYU Langone Medical Center: New Approach to MRI Links Saturated Fats to Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women


neuroGenetics
Weill Cornell Medicine: New Gene Therapy Protects Against Peanut Allergy

NYU Langone Medical Center: Genome Project-write to Launch in 2016

NYU Langone Medical Center: New DNA Sequencing Method Reveals How Bacteria Resist Antibiotics


otherstudiesNeurology
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Present Parkinson's Disease Research at International Conference

otherstudiesOther Studies
Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Home-Based Intervention Aims to Curb Childhood Tooth Decay and Obesity in the Bronx

SUNY Downstate Biotech Incubator Tenant Develops 'Grow Your Own Bone' Technique

NYU Langone Medical Center: Changes in Bacterial Mix Linked to C-Section, Antibiotics & Formula Persist Through Baby's First Year

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Living Longer Associated with Living Healthier, Study of Centenarians Finds

 
Weill Cornell Medicine: Disruption of Intestinal Fungi Leads to Increased Severity of Inflammatory Disease

articlesOther News of Interest
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine Associate Dean for Research and Feinstein Institute CEO Receives Shock Society Scientific Achievement Award

 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Why We Need a Tuberculosis Vaccine (Explained by Whiteboard Animation)


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