The Li Ka Shing Foundation (LKSF), a Hong Kong-based philanthropy devoted to advancing education and healthcare, has awarded $1.5 million to Yale University to expand two research core facilities, the human embryonic stem cell core and the genomics core,...
Yale researchers have devised a novel way to trick cells into getting rid of problematic proteins, a method that could help pharmaceutical companies quickly identify promising targets for new drugs.“Our new approach offers great potential in overcoming a...
Yale School of Medicine researchers have described for the first time the structure of a member in an enigmatic family of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a crucial early step in understanding key mechanisms of the disease and designing drugs to...
A Yale University-led team of scientists has found that cells that drive certain serious, chronic autoimmune diseases can be redirected into the small intestine — and controlled there — potentially neutralizing their propensity to trigger illness. The...
Today was the final day of the third annual Global Health Leadership Conference at Yale. President Richard C. Levin greeted the 25 international delegates during a luncheon where he presented Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama with a certificate...
A single gene is central in the development of several forms of polycystic kidney and liver disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the June 19 issue of Nature Genetics.The findings suggest manipulating activity of PKD1, the gene causing...
Smokers tend to die young, but they tend to die thinner than non-smokers. A team of scientists led by Yale School of Medicine has discovered exactly how nicotine suppresses appetite — findings that suggest that it might be possible to develop a drug that...
A new study by Yale School of Medicine reveals that nearly one third of those who use opioids for non-medical reasons obtain these drugs directly from physicians, but the majority get them from friends or family members. The study, which used data from...
In a new study, Yale University researchers have identified a pathway by which reactive oxygen species (ROS) molecules, which are usually implicated in the aging process due to their damage to DNA, can also act as cellular signaling molecules that extend...
Wrinkles are a telltale sign of aging, and they might also be able to predict a woman’s bone fracture risk, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers who report in a new study that the severity and distribution of skin wrinkles and overall skin...