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The Medically Associated Science and Technology program, an initiative of Cedars-Sinai, focuses on d

04/28/2026

Diagnosed with Diarrhea?

Cedars-Sinai is conducting a research study evaluating a potential new treatment for IBS-D.

- Ages 18+
- Colonoscopy within 3 years
- No recent antibiotics
Compensation available.

For more information or to see if you qualify, please click on the link below or contact the study team: [email protected]

Or call:
310-423-3792

Form: https://iredcap.csmc.edu/surveys/?s=TD7CHK3DC3

05/23/2025

Presenting author, Maria Chus Villianueva-Millan, shares how CS-06 may be an important microbiome therapy for the treatment of methane-associated constipation

Missed us at DDW? Don’t worry!! 😉You can still explore our latest findings! Head to our YouTube channel to watch poster summary videos like this one, where our presenting authors highlight key takeaways from their research 🎥🔬

Link to our YouTube channel is in the bio!

06/14/2024

A huge shoutout to our incredible interns Dilara and Linette who are 2024 UCLA graduates! Your hard work in both the laboratory and clinical realm is invaluable to our research. We’ve watched you grow your professional skills throughout your undergraduate experience and feel proud to know that you are the future leaders of medicine 👩‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

06/13/2024

Check it out! Cedars Sinai Newsroom highlighted MAST investigators at ENDO 2024 and their abstracts. (P.S. manuscripts are on their way soon!)

06/11/2024

During last week’s Medicine Grand Rounds at Cedars Sinai, MAST investigator Ali Rezaie, MD presented about the elemental diet! He discussed the underutilization of elemental diets as a therapeutic modality especially as access and palatability of these diets are improving dramatically.

06/06/2024

The June Obesity special issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology was released this week!

We’re honored to have contributed an article to the “Small Bowel” section. Our paper on obesity and the microbiome explores 4 microbial profiles in the small bowel that were identified in normal weight and overweight subjects and subjects who have obesity.

Link to the paper is in the bio!!

06/05/2024

Thank you Cedars Sinai Newsroom for highlighting MAST investigator and expert gastroenterologist Dr. Mark Pimentel in his recent interview with Consumer Reports!! 😎

Link to the article is in the bio 😊

06/04/2024

Wrapped up another fantastic conference! 🎉

Here’s a RECAP of our posters 👇

1️⃣ Antibiotics differently affect the gut microbiomes of male vs female 🐀. Findings suggest that the microbiome may play a sex-specific role in testosterone metabolism
2️⃣ The gut microbiome is known to be altered in PCOS subjects. We found that there’s a single microbial species that induces a PCOS-like phenotype in an animal model

We’re currently getting these manuscripts submitted for publication so stay tuned!

05/23/2024

On duty vs off duty MASTers 🙈 Already can’t wait for next year!

05/22/2024

DDW 2024 was an amazing opportunity for our team to showcase our research and the discoveries we’ve been working hard to find. And the hard work sure did pay off!

Congrats to all presenters for representing MAST so well. PROUD is an understatement 👏☺️🤩

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