A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.
The Vera Institute of Justice today announced a new project, made possible by the support of the NoVo Foundation, to build a national coalition to address violence against people with disabilities.
American adults with chronic illnesses that limit their ability to care for themselves spend more than $21,000 per person for health care, about four times the average for all adults.
The plan is intended to guide New York City's primary care providers, as well as health plans, policymakers, and other stakeholders, in the adoption of a delivery model that improves health care quality, improves patients’ experience of care, and...
Salk Institute scientists, supported by grants from many organizations including The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at least when it comes to one type of human kidney precursor...
JAHF President Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, will receive The New York Academy of Medicine’s Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy in a ceremony on Nov. 3, 2016. Dr. Fulmer is one of five distinguished leaders to be honored that day by the...
“The goal here is really to address this giant gap, whereby we know 65 percent of deaths in the world — that’s about 35 million — go unrecorded,” said Dr. Kelly Henning, who has led the Bloomberg Philanthropies public health program since it started...