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Founded in 1839, the Albany Medical College is one of the nation's oldest medical schools. It is a national leader in curriculum development, having been one of the first to offer courses that wove scientific disciplines into the various clinical courses offered throughout the entire four years of training.  MORE

 


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Researchers Identify Cell Group Key to Lyme Disease, Arthritis. Cancer Research at Albany Medical College Awarded Nearly $5 Million in Federal Funding

Inflammed JointA research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology and Albany Medical College have illuminated the important role of natural killer (NK) T cells in Lyme disease, demonstrating that the once little understood white blood cells are central to clearing the bacterial infection and reducing the intensity and duration of arthritis associated with Lyme disease.

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The Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research at Albany Medical College has been awarded four grants, totaling $5 million, by the National Institutes of Health to further focus on understanding cellular function in normal and disease states and facilitate the application of new findings not only to the field of cancer biology, but also to a variety of other diseases including atherosclerosis, arthritis and diabetes.

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