Sex-Related Health Differences
Medical research has long been based on studies performed in men alone, meaning many diagnoses, treatments and drugs are blindly applied to women. Cedars-Sinai investigators are wo...
Discoveries / Dec 03, 2020
Unlocking the Mysteries of Endometriosis
Endometriosis, which affects more than 10% of women, can be agonizing and can increase infertility risk. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai are looking for a comprehensive approach to the...
Discoveries / Dec 03, 2020
Parkinson's Disease May Begin Before Birth
People who develop Parkinson's disease before age 50 may have been born with disordered brain cells that went undetected for decades, according to new research going on at Cedars-S...
Discoveries / Oct 27, 2020
20/20 Vision: The Most Critical Discoveries This Century
At the dawn of a new decade, let’s look back with 2020 vision at how some of the biggest medical advances of the past 20 years have emerged from Cedars-Sinai’s labs and transformed...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Fearless—and No Longer Breathless
Despite an incurable lung condition, Shalini Waran is thriving following treatment including stem cell therapy. Today, she can walk farther and go up and down stairs without being ...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Good Blood
In 2015, Kevin McDevitt’s dream of buying a vintage VW van and taking a once in a lifetime road trip was put on hold after a month in isolation waiting to find out if a bone marrow...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Saving Grace
After a crippling fall, the Cedars-Sinai/USC Kaufman Dance Medicine Center helped aerialist Kerry Wee get back on her feet. After a strong comeback she took a welcome hiatus to rai...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Side by Side
Mary Wong Lee was one of the first patients to receive an experimental vaccine for an aggressive form of brain cancer, glioblastoma. That treatment gave her time which meant she co...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Small Portions, Full Life
After a long journey, Natalie Harris got her life back after receiving personalized treatment at Cedars-Sinai for Chron's disease. Today, the Texas native says she's in the best sh...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Antibody Accelerator
In the race to figure out how to detect and treat the novel coronavirus that engulfed the United States and the world in a matter of months, Cedars-Sinai scientists are looking to ...
Discoveries / Oct 15, 2020
DIY Pandemic Supply
When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened Cedars-Sinai’s access to critical supplies, the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator quickly improvised a solution: Do it ourselves. Leaders from the tech...
Discoveries / Oct 15, 2020
VR and the Future of Healthcare
Virtual reality (VR) technology is changing healthcare in new and exciting ways. We talked to Cedars-Sinai's Dr. Brennan Spiegel about how VR is being used in a hospital setting to...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Sep 01, 2020
Graduate Students Are Using AI in Medical Imaging
Directors of the Cedars-Sinai's Master of Science in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine program discuss the impact and future of AI in medical imaging and how it may transform how dise...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jul 28, 2020
Getting at the Heart of MRIs
For people with heart disease, a new imaging technology, multitasking MRI, may yield better results and a more comfortable experience. We asked the technique's innovator Cedars-Sin...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 09, 2020
Better Brain Surgery
In 2016, the Butte Lab at Cedars-Sinai began testing a very fast laser system that could distinguish between tumors and normal tissue to make brain surgery more precise.
Discoveries / Feb 11, 2020
