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Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, an esteemed immunologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her pioneering contributions to the fields of immunology and cell biology.
The largest study of its kind also demonstrated that the risk is shared across ethnicities. A multi-center study, led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has uncovered two previously unknown genes that are associated with schizophrenia. Furthermore, the study uncovered a third gene that
Researchers have identified 72 genes very strongly linked to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) — and more than 250 other genes with a strong link to ASD.
A new study of genes underlying neurodevelopmental differences has uncovered more than 70 that are very strongly associated with autism and more than 250 with strong links to the condition.
E-Mail The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rumi Scientific announced today that they will team up to initiate a drug discovery pipeline for rare genetic disorders that carry a high risk of autism. The project will initially involve the development and use of a platform that mimics the development of brain tissues, at high speed, allowing researchers to gain insights into how cells respond to three known genes implicated in autism. "Over the past several years, more than 100 genes have been identified that confer very high ri...