In a recent publication of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), British scientists and an investigator from Yale University conclude that animal research done to support human trials and patient centered studies is often inadequately conducted and not...
Nobel laureate Peter Agre, M.D., professor in the departments of biological chemistry and medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will give two lectures while on campus on March 24 and 25. Agre was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for...
Roger Longman, co-founder and managing partner of Windhover Information, Inc., will kick off the revived Biohaven Speaker Series with a talk titled “Trends in Pharma-Biotech Dealmaking” today at 5:00 p.m. at the Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave....
The Yale School of Medicine and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) today announced that the Stop and Shop Supermarket Company has become the corporate supporter of its research center, now officially called The JDRF Center for the Study of...
The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV) at the Yale Child Study Center has designated the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Child Development-Community Policing Partnership (CM CD-CP) as the NCCEV Southeast Regional Training Center in...
Consuming foods high in animal protein, saturated fat, eggs and dairy leads to an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, part of the body’s immune system, Yale researchers have found....
Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE) and Yale University are launching an extension of CURE’s highly successful BioBus program called the Connecticut BioBus Honors Program at Yale University. The first Honors Program will run from 10:00 a....
Jordi Casals-Ariet, M.D., a renowned Yale epidemiologist who clarified the relationship between viruses that cause central nervous system disease, died on February 10, 2004 at age 92 in New York City. Casals spent much of his academic life studying the...
Yale researchers have found a major decrease in the effectiveness of varicella (chicken pox) vaccine after the first year of vaccination, but the vaccine is still very effective overall. “The effectiveness of the varicella vaccine does drop...
Researchers at Yale have found that decreased activity in muscle mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell, may be a major factor in the development of type 2 diabetes in young, lean offspring of parents with the disease. They demonstrated a potential...