Excess Blood Sugar Disrupts Immune System Proteins and Promotes Atherosclerosis

Excess sugar in the blood, the central feature of diabetes, can react with immune proteins to cause myriad changes in the immune system, including inflammatory changes that promote atherosclerosis, according to a new study from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and University of Massachusetts Medical...

First and Largest Genetic Study in Middle East

February 25, 2021

QATAR GENOME RESEARCH CONSORTIUM REPORTS FIRST AND LARGEST COMPREHENSIVE GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY IN MIDDLE EAST

The first and largest genetic association study in the Middle East revealed genetic variations that are specific to the Qatari population, a group of researchers at Qatar Foundation reported Feb. 23 in Nature Communications.

What Does the Future of Work Look Like?

February 23, 2021

Can virtual reality be the future of work? NBC News/Peacock tries to answer that question in episode 5 of their series, “What Does the Nature of Work Look Like?”

In this episode Alex Sigaras, Director of the AI-XR Lab at the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, explains how he and his colleagues were using mixed reality before the pandemic to...