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A new therapeutic system, developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, significantly improved survival of laboratory mice with primary central nervous system lymphoma. This advance could lead to future clinical trials and might …

Levels of methane and hydrogen sulfide gases detected in a new three-gas breath test used to diagnose intestinal microbial overgrowth in the gut correlate with levels of specific microorganisms in the small intestine that produce these gases, …

Sahira Marootian, a compensation manager at Cedars-Sinai, considers herself an early adopter of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT but says that knowledge hasn’t always made her day-to-day work more efficient.Her outlook changed after …

The anticoagulant drug enoxaparin can be a safe and cost-effective method to prevent blood clotting in patients with heart pumps who require alternative anticoagulation without the need for hospitalization (“bridging” procedures), provided that …

A new report recently published by a multidisciplinary team of investigators from Cedars-Sinai outlines a coordinated care process to safely and effectively manage the administration of a new medication for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease …

People with atrial fibrillation have increased sympathetic nerve activity—the system responsible for your body’s fight or flight response—when experiencing symptoms, according to a new study published in Heart Rhythm from investigators in the Smidt …

How a person’s immune system responds to a protein called LL-37 may increase risk for developing acute coronary syndrome, but the response may also serve as a potential target for future treatments. These findings come from a new research study led …

Inequities in pain medication treatment received postpartum, after giving birth, were found in a Cedars-Sinai study of 18,000 women. The disparities were observed even among patients reporting the highest pain levels.The retrospective cohort study …

The data fed to artificial intelligence (AI) systems make all the difference on performance, according to David Ouyang, MD, a cardiologist in the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.Ouyang, who is also a …

New research from Cedars-Sinai investigators, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, found that narrow-band ultraviolet A (UVA) exposure has antiviral effects on several major variants of SARS-CoV-2, …

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Letters uncovered information about how the immune system can recognize and kill cancer cells, revealing a potential immunotherapy target for the treatment of pancreatic ductal …

More than 30 years after Paul Rubenstein, MD, became Cedars-Sinai’s first director of Medical Education, his legacy lives on.  Last month, four Cedars-Sinai residents competed in his honor for the 2024 Rubenstein Award for Excellence in …

Delirium, a condition that can have long-term effects on brain health, is common among patients with lung injury and a variety of other conditions. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports and led by a Cedars-Sinai …

A collaborative group of Cedars-Sinai investigators, alongside an international team of researchers known as the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, has identified five previously unidentified regions of the genome—the body’s hub of genetic …

“How many of you feel like your vocabulary changed dramatically this year?” Patricia Thompson, PhD, asked a group of students gathered at Cedars-Sinai on a recent Saturday morning. “Keep that in mind as you go forward. Learn the language, and all of …

A new Cedars-Sinai study shows that immunity from vaccination, more than prior illness, protects against repeat infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. This is particularly the case for people age 60 and older.The findings are published in …

The body’s cells communicate with each other via biological “telegrams” called extracellular vesicles (EVs). Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have created the first system for profiling EVs so that scientists can begin to understand their messages. …

Cedars-Sinai and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) recently hosted two symposia—one at each institution—to foster greater collaboration in developmental and stem cell biology.The idea for the joint symposia came from Ophir Klein, MD, …

Women are not “small men,” and gender inequality in medical science harms everyone, not just women. These were among the topics explored at the fifth annual symposium of the Cedars-Sinai Center for Research in Women’s Health Science (CREWHS), held …

More than 100 faculty members who attended Cedars-Sinai’s April Research Town Hall—hosted by Jeffrey A. Golden, MD, executive vice dean of Research and Education and director of the Burns and Allen Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai—learned how to …

Some soft tissue sarcomas, a rare type of cancerous tumor, are resistant to immunotherapy and chemotherapy treatment. But Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators, in a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications, have identified a …

Ueli Rutishauser, PhD, is professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Biomedical Sciences and director of Human Neurophysiology Research and the Center for Neural Science and Medicine at Cedars-Sinai. He studies the mechanisms behind learning, memory …

Cedars-Sinai investigators, faculty members and clinicians came together in Harvey Morse Auditorium on March 27 for the 12th annual Research Day, featuring keynote speaker David R. Liu, PhD, and more than 120 poster presentations.Jeffrey A. Golden, …

Cedars-Sinai and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel have formed a new research collaboration aimed at advancing healthcare innovation in five select areas.  A ceremony on March 5 in Tel Aviv was led by Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, executive …

In 2005, Paul Pharoah, PhD, MD, and colleagues organized a meeting in Cambridge, UK, to bring together researchers from around the world studying the genetics of ovarian cancer. It led to the creation of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium …

A new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators found that blocking a protein called interleukin-1-beta improved cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmias in Kawasaki disease, a rare illness that affects children and causes their blood vessels to swell and …

Cedars-Sinai investigators have used artificial intelligence (AI) to help computers access some of the most important and difficult-to-mine information in cancer patients’ medical records: pathology reports. Their method, described in the …

Patients who present with persistent atrial fibrillation at diagnosis are more likely to have certain risk factors as compared with patients with occasional atrial fibrillation (AFib). The findings, led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute …

The pain experienced by hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is routinely treated with opioid medication, but with little success in actually controlling major discomfort. Cedars-Sinai investigators developed a Proactive …

A new research study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai aimed to understand the possible connection between COVID-19 vaccination and a difficult-to-diagnose heart condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS. The …