It took a global pandemic, but the critical role of messenger RNA in all of life’s functions has taken center stage in the past year with the successful rollout of mRNA vaccines to combat the SARS-Cov-2 virus.
In two new papers published the week of Jan....
Millions of people around the world have received two shots of Sinovac, a Chinese-manufactured inactive vaccine that is used in 48 countries to help reduce transmission rates of COVID-19.
However, those vaccinations alone are of no help against the widely...
The brain has its own housekeeping service, a sophisticated mechanism that cleans up debris that is left over from cellular activity. But scientists have had a hard time figuring out exactly how the brain knows when to initiate this cellular “trash pickup...
As scientists search for the roots of Alzheimer’s disease, they have had a hard time determining whether microglia, an immune system cell crucial to brain development and maintenance of the adult brain, is a friend or foe.
Evidence shows that a lack of...
Advanced imaging technology developed by Yale researchers has helped them confirm that the destruction of brain synapses underlies the cognitive deficits experienced by patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published Feb. 17 in the...
A new data analysis tool developed by Yale researchers has revealed the specific immune cell types associated with increased risk of death from COVID-19, they report Feb. 28 in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
Immune system cells such as T cells and...
A historic recession, increasingly bitter political strife, and even the start of a global pandemic did not diminish Americans’ hopes for a better future for themselves, a new study by Yale School of Medicine and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical...
Data from brain scans can now answer an age-old question asked by parents and teachers everywhere: Are you paying attention?
Using a model of fMRI data collected from 92 individuals performing several types of attention-related tasks, the lab of Yale’s...
Scientists at Yale and the University of Ottawa have shown how the tiniest biochemical variation in one protein is crucial for the replication and repair of DNA in all plants and animals, they report March 17 in the journal Science.
The findings provide...
Yale scientists have identified a way to “supercharge” tumor-attacking T cells, a finding that may not only improve the effectiveness of a promising type of cell-based cancer immunotherapy but also expand the number of cancers it can treat.
Their findings...