Yale researchers representing a range of disciplines have been awarded grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (HEAL). This national effort provides $945 million in total funding to support a...
A new drug developed at Yale reduces a host of abnormalities associated with metabolic syndrome, an obesity-born condition that afflicts one of three adults in the United States, researchers report Oct. 2 in the journal Science Translational Medicine....
Brain organoids created from human embryonic stem cells offer scientists a powerful way to study the developing brain in three dimensions. However, organoids need nutrients and oxygen carried in blood to thrive, just as a developing fetal brain does. Now...
A group of Yale scientists have devised a way to leverage artificial neural networks to reveal larger patterns of activity of individual cells that come from a multitude of individuals.
In a paper published Oct. 7 in the journal Nature Methods,...
Doctors routinely recommend surgery for patients who suffer brain hemorrhages near the brain stem in an area called the cerebellum. However, an international meta-analysis shows that while patients who undergo surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)...
Age-related macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in the elderly, affecting more than 2 million people in the United States and leading to progressive loss of central vision. Genome wide studies have identified almost three dozen...
Increasingly frequent droughts, extensive deforestation and changing land use have made a tinderbox of Amazon rainforests — but some trees make out better than others.
A new Yale-led study suggests a key variable in trees’ ability to survive fires is the...
Scientists have looked for immune system factors that might help mosquitoes ward off pathogens such as malarial parasites and indirectly protect humans from infection. Yale researchers found one by editing a single gene, which turns out to be crucial for...
The lab of Stephen Waxman, Bridget M. Flaherty Professor of Neurology and of neuroscience, has identified the key role of sodium channels arrayed on nerve cells in experience of pain.
In a new paper published in Science Advances, the Yale team led by...
Six Yale faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the organization announced Oct. 21 at its annual meeting.
The six faculty are among 100 new members elected by the organization to receive the honor, which recognizes...