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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: Radioactive Bacteria Targets Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Claudia Gravekamp, Ph.D., and Ekaterina Dadachova, Ph.D., have developed a therapy for pancreatic cancer that uses Listeria bacteria to infect tumor cells with radioisotopes.

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Research Round-Up

Silencing “Selfish DNA” — Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile segments of genomic DNA that are often referred to as “selfish DNA”... read more

 

Pompe’s Circumstance — Dr. Jeffrey Pessin has been awarded $2.5 million from the National Institute of Arthritis and... read more

 

“Leuk”ing for a Cure — Dr. Ulrich G. Steidl had received an award of $1.8 million from The National... read more

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Einstein Experts

Dr. Judith Wylie-Rosett

Dr. Judith Wylie-Rosett
  • Nutrition
  • Obesity

Dr. Wylie-Rosett’s research focuses on nutrition’s role in preventing and controlling chronic diseases—particularly diseases such as type 2 diabetes and ...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