Study: 9/11 toxic exposure driving up dementia rates
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new Stony Brook University study of responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks adds to mounting evidence of the harmful long-term effects of Ground…
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No. 886: Paper is clipped, guts are checked, patents are secured and screens are aglow (try the chicken!)
Welcome back to the show: Here we are, dear readers, picking up right where we left off before the long holiday weekend – knee-deep in invention and all manners of…
No. 872: Totally ready for the eclipse, with messages from space and deep-dish delights, if that’s your thing
On a brighter note: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, and – as an extra-special reward for surviving this drenching week on Long Island – a lovely string of sunny days,…
Blanc check funds new studies of red cell disorders
By GREGORY ZELLER // Empowered by a hefty federal grant, a renowned Long Island hematologist will go head-to-head with one of the world’s nastiest disorders. The National Institutes of Health…
NIH funds Feinstein fight against autism, schizophrenia
By GREGORY ZELLER // Backed by a multimillion-dollar federal grant, a seasoned Long Island-based behavioral scientist is taking the fight to nefarious neuropsychiatric disorders, once again. The National Institutes of…
SBU: After 22 years, 9/11 heroes still paying the price
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twenty-two years later, 9/11 continues to exact a cruel toll: Stony Brook University scientists are tracking early-onset cognitive declines in first responders. This week’s memorials and…
No. 796: Saluting the flag, studying stem cells and surviving the DDT, backed by a true hip-hop legend
Trial balance: Welcome to Wednesday, fellow Americans, as we tune out the Constitutional crises and turn up the things that have always put the “united” in our states –…
Northwell nabs top USPTO honor with 3D-printed swab
By GREGORY ZELLER // Up your nose, Northwell Health – and we mean that in the best possible way. The New Hyde Park-based health system and three partners – the…
Great hope in electroceuticals, and a frustrating pace
By TERRY LYNAM // Kelly Owens is the posterchild for bioelectronic medicine. Bioelectronics is a rapidly emerging medical field wherein precise electrical stimulation is used to diagnose and treat chronic…
No. 743: It’s still November, but Christmas, kidneys and Dick Clark are all in sight
Commence countdown: Thanksgiving was six whole days ago, dear readers, and even though you’ve heard “All I Want For Christmas” 20 times already … it’s still November out there….
NIH backs SBU’s ‘pandemic preparedness’ research
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University is getting a running start on the next COVID-level crisis. A $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of…
Feinstein’s $6.7M award maps road to vagus riches
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has begun an ambitious mapping mission that may chart the course to the human race’s healthiest future. A $6.7 million…
No. 721: On radioactivity, heroic first responders and Einstein, plus everything else we could squash in
Fall forward: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we speed through the first full workweek of September 2022 – vacations are over, schools are open and the innovation economy…
No. 707: On Hollywoodland, Sinatra and historic cubes, with a mighty blow struck against sinister sepsis
Full steam: Welcome to another warm Wednesday in our lovely Northern Hemisphere, dear readers, as summer temperatures soar and socioeconomic progress sizzles. It’s July 13 out there, and your…
With $10M start, SBU to lead LI biomedical network
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island biomedicine is about to be remade, with Stony Brook University leading the way. The flagship State University of New York institution has been selected…