Research led by Anna Marie Pyle, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University reveals how a protein from Hepatitis C (HCV) unwinds RNA, potentially allowing it be copied. The work published in the journal Nature focuses on an...
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will begin constructing a new home bearing the name of Yale College alumnus Richard Kroon, who recently made a major gift to the school. Kroon, a New Jersey resident who retired in 2001 after 32...
Richard L. Edelson, M.D., Director of Yale Cancer Center, has announced the appointment of Ira Mellman as Scientific Director of the Center. Mellman is Sterling Professor of Cell Biology and Immunobiology, and Chair of the Department of Cell Biology at...
Eighteen women who maintained a weight loss of 15 to 144 pounds for at least one year and as long as 27 years followed similar patterns leading to consistent behavior change, according to a study published in the Nursing Science Quarterly. Diane Berry,...
The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression is providing almost $700,000 this year to 11 Yale University and affiliated researchers to study causes and treatment for mental illness. Among the topics NARSAD is supporting at Yale...
Yale surgeon Charles Cha, M.D., has received a Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award, which was created to encourage young physicians and surgeons to make the geriatric aspects of their disciplines a career focus. Cha, of the Yale School...
In the brain, low levels of the inhibitory transmitter GABA and high levels of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate appear to be strongly associated with a particular type of depression, according to a study by Yale researchers. The findings were...
Donor derived endometrial cells were detected in biopsy samples of four women who received bone marrow transplants to treat leukemia, according to a Yale study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This is the first known report...
Epithelial cells derived from bone marrow cells can be a result of differentiation, not fusion, according to a study published in Science by Yale researchers who arrived at some of the earliest findings on non-blood cells derived from bone marrow. Led...