Innovation 10: The XR Files
Virtual reality, augmented reality, and other forms of video immersion—collectively known as extended reality or “XR”—promise to revolutionize medicine.
Discoveries / Aug 10, 2018
Innovation 3: The Mundane and the Fantastic
Mark Vrahas, MD, Chair of Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics, on hips, slips, and the limits of medical innovation.
Discoveries / Aug 10, 2018
Innovation 2: Cancer Cures in a Dish
At Cedars-Sinai, investigators are using bioengineering to regenerate and grow human tissues in petri dishes to seek solutions to cancers that primarily affect women.
Discoveries / Jul 27, 2018
10 Innovations to Transform Medicine in the Next Decade
Cedars-Sinai’s thinkers, doers, and caregivers offer their takes on 10 innovations that will reshape our health in the decade to come.
Discoveries / Jul 27, 2018
Gut Check
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai and Emulate Inc. of Boston have created an AA battery-sized Intestine-Chip that mimics a patient’s real gut activity, bringing personalized treatments cl...
Discoveries / Jul 27, 2018
Innovation: It’s Academic
Can academic medical centers like Cedars-Sinai do better at shepherding innovations that help patients? Our surgeon in chief thinks so.
Discoveries / Jul 27, 2018
Innovation 1: The Digital Doctor
Brennan Spiegel, MD, says wearable biosensors like Fitbit and Apple Watch could create an e-hub for remote digital monitoring of patients.
Discoveries / Jul 27, 2018
Medical Monsters
No one wants exposure to the Zika virus, flesh-eating bacteria, or scorpion venom—except scientists who are using these terrifying threats to develop cures and treatments for a hos...
Discoveries / Jul 26, 2018
Baby’s First Map
The infant brain is famously pliable, an organ of explosive growth and unparalleled adaptability. But this period of rapid development comes with a large dose of vulnerability.
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
Licking the Salt Habit
Virtual reality has expanded into many areas in recent years, moving well beyond its original gaming applications. At Cedars-Sinai, researchers are envisioning a new use for the te...
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
Equity Investment
All the best medical centers strive for health equity — but it cannot be achieved through lip service. We must embrace a deep understanding of the concept and teach it to the next ...
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
For the Boys
Scientists have struggled for decades to find answers for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a devastating muscle disorder. But now, new research into cardiac stem cells is off...
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
Mend the Gap
What if you could coax broken bones to regrow their own tissue? A pioneering method combining stem cells and gene therapy may do just that.
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
Memory Lane
How do we store memories? Recently, investigators at Cedars-Sinai made a surprising discovery about short-term memory, which is the ability to maintain ideas, thoughts, images, and...
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
Could a Third Form of Diabetes Exist?
Mark Goodarzi, MD, PhD, leads a multisite research group studying Type 3c diabetes to find out if it is truly a distinct form of diabetes or another manifestation of Type 2.
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
