COVID-19 Vaccine and IBD and Cancer
Cedars-Sinai investigators are studying whether the COVID-19 vaccine is as safe and effective for people undergoing immunotherapies, like for cancer and IBD.
Discoveries / Feb 18, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine: Questions Answered
The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines, and the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency approval, raise hope for a return to normalcy as well as questions about personal safet...
Discoveries / Feb 18, 2021
mRNA Vaccines: An Explanation
Scientists have been studying mRNA technology for vaccines for nearly two decades.. Now, with technology, it has the potential to transform vaccines like the one for COVID-19.
Discoveries / Feb 18, 2021
Maximizing Mobility
Severe arthritis in degenerated joints can cause as much pain and disability as a hip or knee fracture, says Cedars-Sinai orthopaedic surgeon Brad Penenberg, MD. Recent advances in...
Discoveries / Feb 15, 2021
Pickleball Anyone?
The 85-year-old patient wanted to know whether he would be able to return to his favorite pastime—the paddle sport pickleball—after minimally invasive procedure called a laparoscop...
Discoveries / Feb 15, 2021
Valve Value
Raj Makkar, MD, keeps a photograph of one of his patients: a centenarian grinning in front of a vibrant yellow logo at his favorite country radio station. Makkar met him eight year...
Discoveries / Feb 15, 2021
Five Things We Know About the Placenta—and a Few We Wish We Di...
At one point, we all relied on a placenta to sustain our life, but it remains one of the least-studied human organs. Investigators at Cedars-Sinai believe this transient organ coul...
Discoveries / Feb 12, 2021
Innovative Robotic Technologies
With robotics technology rapidly advancing, Cedars-Sinai is poised to remain a leader in robotic surgical innovation for patients with advanced lung disease. Read more.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 18, 2021
A Deep Dive with Data Scientists
Get to know Cedars-Sinai’s bioinformatics champions, who dig through vast data sets to distill meaningful patterns from our genes, tissues and behaviors. Their research is informin...
Discoveries / Aug 09, 2019
Worldwide Wellness
Cedars-Sinai investigators partner around the globe to export the medical center’s lifesaving advances in biomedicine to physicians and patients in need.
Discoveries / Feb 19, 2019
My Favorite Innovation
Cedars-Sinai clinicians laud their favorite innovations in medical history, from the unsung and established to the experimental and cutting edge.
Discoveries / Jul 27, 2018
Warning: Learning Curve Ahead
Cedars-Sinai’s stellar caregivers and investigators reveal lessons learned during their first days in medicine as well as surprising tales of the superstar mentors, savvy nurses, a...
Discoveries / Oct 25, 2017
Age: A Biological Guide to Longevity
Aging is as fundamental as time itself. In the interest of demystifying the process, Discoveries presents a scientific guide to the force of time on the human organism.
Discoveries / May 01, 2017
