Although Korean women have one of the lowest rates of breast cancer worldwide, they are diagnosed at an earlier age and have a surprisingly high incidence of a genetic mutation known to contribute to breast cancer, according to a Yale researcher. In...
At the release of the global-warming disaster movie, “The Day After Tomorrow,” a national poll undertaken at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies indicates that 70 percent of Americans believe global warming is a very serious or...
Yale scientists have discovered a new way of illuminating MCH neurons, which may play an important role in regulating appetite and body weight, by using a virus that has been genetically engineered so that it cannot replicate. MCH neurons are located in...
Yale researchers and collaborators have identified molecules that underlie nerve fiber degeneration in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that cripples nearly three million people worldwide. The new findings are the...
Sean Fenton, one of four Yale students who were killed in a tragic car crash in the winter of 2003, was honored posthumously at Senior Class Day exercises with the F. Wilder Bellamy Jr. Memorial Prize. Dr. Richard Schottenfeld, master of Davenport...
Employees who lose their jobs in the years immediately preceding retirement have twice the risk of suffering a stroke when compared to peers who are still working, according to a study by a Yale researcher. “Our results suggest that late career...
Employees who lose their jobs in the years immediately preceding retirement have twice the risk of suffering a stroke when compared to peers who are still working, according to a study by a Yale researcher. “Our results suggest that late career...
One of the most widely used cancer chemotherapy agents not only kills cells directly, but also appears to cause cells to transmit a “death signal” to neighboring cells, according to a Yale researcher. The agent, cisplatin, has been used in cancer...
One of the most widely used cancer chemotherapy agents not only kills cells directly, but also appears to cause cells to transmit a “death signal” to neighboring cells, according to a Yale researcher. The agent, cisplatin, has been used in cancer...
President Richard Levin announced Monday the selection of the 2004 Yale World Fellows. Part of a broad effort to deepen Yale’s reputation as a “global university,” the Yale World Fellows Program brings 16 to 18 early mid-career leaders to Yale each...