News from NYU Langone Health
Doctors Remove Pig Kidney From An Alabama Woman After A Record 130 Days. (NBC News)
(4/14) Towana Looney, an Alabama woman, had a pig kidney removed after 130 days due to rejection, with Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor of Surgery, chair, Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Transplant Institute, saying, “We did the safe thing,” adding Looney is “no worse off than she was before (the xenotransplant) and she would tell you she’s better off because she had this 4½ month break from dialysis.”
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NYU Study Identifies Intestinal Immune Cells That Prevent Food Allergies. (Biocompare)
(4/14) NYU Langone Health researchers have discovered tolerogenic dendritic cells in the intestines, which regulate immune responses to food proteins, as published in Nature, with senior author Dan Littman, MD, PhD, the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology, Department of Pathology, and professor, Department of Cell Biology, saying, “If further experiments prove successful, our findings could lead to innovative ways to treat food allergies,” adding, “if someone has a peanut allergy, perhaps we can use tolerogenic dendritic cells to help create more regulatory T cells to suppress an allergic response to peanut molecules.”
6 Little Things Therapists Do To Stay Calm When Everything Feels Uncertain. (SELF Magazine)
(4/14) Therapists, including Thea Gallagher, PsyD, clinical associate professor, Department of Physiatry, share strategies for maintaining calm during uncertain times, such as focusing on controllable aspects of life, taking walks without distractions, ensuring good sleep, identifying life “anchors,” engaging in mood-boosting activities, and establishing routines.
Victims Of New York Plane Crash Identified: What To Know. (Newsweek)
(4/14) A tragic plane crash near Copake, New York, on April 12, 2025, claimed the lives of six individuals, including two surgeons, Dr. Michael Groff, a neurosurgeon and pilot, and his wife, Dr. Joy Saini, a urogynecologist, along with their children, one of whom was Karenna Groff, an MIT graduate and NYU Grossman School of Medicine student.
(4/14) In a statement, NYU Grossman School of Medicine said, “Karina demonstrated exceptional skill and unwavering passion toward the care of patients and the mission of our institution. We will remember her for her warmth, her grace, her kindness, her outstanding accomplishment, and the pure joy she brought to our community.”
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News from NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
Be Well: Heart Disease Risks To Avoid. (News 12-TV Long Island (NY))
Long Island, NY (4/14) Shaline D. Rao, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, chief of medicine, NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island, cautions that habits formed in early adulthood, such as vaping, significantly contribute to heart disease risk, saying, “Our health journey starts very much when we’re young.”
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