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Skin Cancer Linked to Reduced Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

Skin Cancer Linked to Reduced Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

 

May 15, 2013 – (BRONX, NY) – People who have non-melanoma skin cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to research carried out by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings were published in the May 15, 2013 online issue of ...read more

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Discovery May Help Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia

Faculty Members at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Elected to National Academy of Sciences

 

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Science Talk: Study Finds Vitamin C Can Kill Drug-Resistant TB

William Jacobs, Jr., has determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria in laboratory culture.

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Antibody Therapeutics -- Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that protect... read more

 

Cellular Cleaning to Fight Aging The National Institute on Aging has awarded Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo a renewal... read more

 

Looking at Liver Functions The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders has awarded Drs.... read more

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Dr. Craig Branch

Dr. Craig Branch
  • Biomedical technologies
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Dr. Branch directs Einstein’s Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center, which supports a wide variety of MRI studies of brain injury ...read more

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Dr. Wenjun GuoDr. Wenjun Guo
Assistant Professor
Cell Biology

Dr. Guo joins Einstein from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. more

He notes, "My lab is interested in two interlocking areas of stem cell biology: the molecular pathways that regulate the normal stem-cell state in the mammary gland, and the role of these pathways in the regulation of breast cancer stem cells." Dr. Guo's profile