Gender-Affirming Care Is Lifesaving Care
Transgender Youth Health Program experts at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone discuss what gender-affirming healthcare looks like.
Gene Action Needed for Early Steps Toward Pancreatic Cancer
NYU School of Medicine researchers reveal how processes required for healing go awry in pancreatic cancer.
Gene Changes May Impact Sudden Unexplained Death in Children
NYU Langone researchers have identified the first genetic risk factors for children older than 1 year who die suddenly.
Gene Could Explain Origins of Autism Spectrum Disorders
New research shows how chemical modifications to DNA’s packaging — known as epigenetic changes — can activate or repress genes involved in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and early brain development.
Gene Found to Protect Some Men from Severe COVID-19 & Death
NYU Langone study shows that an anti-inflammatory gene protects some men under age 75 from severe illness and death when hospitalized from COVID-19.
Gene Mutation Linked to Distractibility in Brain
An NYU Langone study shows that a gene called PTCHD1 helps the brain sort between important sights and sounds—including distractions.
Gene Therapy May Slow Life-Threatening Heart Condition
An NYU Langone study explores gene therapy for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) using a viral-vector technique in mice.
Genetic Change Drives Some Lung Cancers
NYU Langone researchers say their findings offer clues to a new way to treat the second most common lung cancer type.
Genetic Change May Explain Why Humans Don’t Have Tails
NYU Langone researchers found a genetic change in human ancestors that partly explains why they don’t have tails like monkeys.
Genetic Differences Predict Resistance to Skin Cancer Therapy
An NYU Langone study changes our understanding of mitochondrial genetics in immune response biology and cancer immunotherapy.