Cystic Fibrosis, a fatal lung disease striking one in 2,500 people, may be caused by a failure of the cilia to maintain the level of water associated with the mucus in the lungs, causing the natural mucus to thicken and become infected with bacteria,...
Drastically lowering caloric intake is a proven way of extending life in mammals, and a Yale researcher working with colleagues from the University of Connecticut has shown how the body may translate lower calories into longer life, it was reported...
Yale, for the first time, is offering a course this semester on preparing for bioterrorism and other disasters, a new offering requested by students following the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. “After the attack on September 11, 2001...
The Yale Child Study Center has received $11 million in grants - and was designated the top research center among those awarded the funding - to continue its internationally recognized research into autism and Asperger’s syndrome. A grant for $6 million...
A Yale researcher and collaborators have succeeded in creating an artificial transcription factor, which is the light switch that turns genes on and off, and induced the growth of new blood vessels in a live laboratory mouse, it was reported in the...
The Yale College International Conflict Research Group (ICRG) on November 8-9 will host a conference titled “HIV/AIDS as a Threat to Global Security” at the Yale Law School Sterling Auditorium, 127 Wall St. HIV/AIDS presents the most serious health...
Digoxin, a drug commonly used to treat patients in heart failure, may pose an increased risk of death for women, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Published in the October 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the study...
Yale and several other Connecticut institutions have formed a partnership to develop a statewide plan to train public health and medical workers about bioterrorism and emergency preparedness. The group, known as the Connecticut Partnership for Public...
Three Yale faculty members have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. The three are: Michael Merson, chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine and dean and...
A Yale epidemiologist has received a $1.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control to support a training program in diseases such as Lyme Disease and West Nile virus. The grant includes several vector-borne diseases, which are caused by a...