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NYU Langone Medical Center researchers find altered micriobiome prevalent in the diseased esophagus

New York, NY (August 1, 2009) Gastroesophageal reflux diseases , or GERD, affects about 10 million people in the United States, yet the cause and an unexpected increase in its prevalence over the last three decades remains unexplainable. Now, researchers have discovered that GERD is associated with global alteration of the microbiome in the esophagus.

Scientists decoding genomic sequences of H1N1 using isolates from outbreak in Argentina

July 30, 2009 — Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health are working with Argentina’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institutes (ANLIS), and Roche 454 Life Sciences to decode the complete genomic sequences of influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus from patie