Two Yale faculty members, Vivian Irish and Jordan Peccia, were appointed to endowed professorships.
Irish, designated as the Eaton Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, focuses her research on plant development, plant genetics, and...
A Yale-led research team has developed an antibody that blocks tumors in animal models of colorectal cancer. If the finding is confirmed in clinical trials, the antibody-based treatment could become an effective weapon against colorectal cancer, and...
Human cancers often have a little recognized ally — the increased size and number of a cell’s organelles called the nucleolus. The nucleolus is where ribosomes, the cellular protein factories, are made. Ribosomes can also be hijacked by cancer to...
A tiny RNA molecule plays a big role in the development of two diseases affecting billions of people worldwide: heart disease and obesity. Yale researchers have found that by disrupting this microRNA in key tissues, they can reduce plaque buildup in...
Big data is getting bigger. By 2025, genomics will have surpassed astronomy, Twitter, and YouTube to become the largest data-generating enterprise by far. What began 65 years ago when Watson, Crick, and Franklin unlocked the double helix of DNA has become...
Yale researchers have developed a set of synthetic molecules that may help boost the strength of a key, virus-fighting protein.
The protein, RIG-I, is an important sensor in the immune system of humans and other animals. It recognizes and responds to...