Einstein Researcher, Nir Barzilai, Tries to Unlock ‘The Biology of Aging’ Lily Port is in the Galapagos Islands. When she returns, she is going to visit her daughter in Texas, then take a vacation to Florida. A few months ago she took a trip to Austria and Hungary, traveling on the Danube River between Vienna and…
Program for Jewish Genetic Health Launches
Ribbon Cutting for the Program for Jewish Genetic Health on Feb. 9 The Program for Jewish Genetic Health of Yeshiva University will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, February 9, at 4 p.m., in the Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine at YU’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The new program…
Genomics and Jewish Identity
Feb. 13 Student Medical Ethics Society Conference to Explore Genetics from Halakhik, Ethical and Scientific Perspectives Yeshiva University’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) will be hosting a half-day conference on Sunday, February 13, entitled Genomics and Jewish Identity at YU’s Wilf Campus, 500 West 185th Street, New York, NY. The conference will provide participants with a…
Predicting IVF Success
Einstein Researcher Helps Develop First Genetic Test for Predicting Successful In Vitro Fertilization Pregnancies A researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has helped to develop the first genetic blood test for predicting the chances that in vitro fertilization (IVF) will lead to a successful pregnancy. The test, reported in the online medical…
Genes Research Yields Surprising Discovery
Einstein Study of How Genes Activate Shows Certain Genes are “Clueless” Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have made an unexpected finding about the method by which certain genes are activated. Contrary to what researchers have traditionally assumed, genes that work with other genes to build protein structures do not act in…
Einstein Researcher Part of Team that Finds Genes Linked to Body Shape and Body Mass Index
Two major international studies looking at data from a quarter of a million people around the globe have found a new set of genes associated with body fat distribution and obesity. Researchers at 280 institutions worldwide, including Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, conducted the studies.
Einstein Researchers Find That Genes Exhibit ‘Pulses’ of Activity
Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have observed for the first time that gene expression can occur in the form of discrete “pulses” of gene activity.