A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem cells.
Chemists worldwide have...
Yale University researchers have identified two novel genetic mutations that can trigger hypertension in up to a third of patients suffering from a common cause of severe high blood pressure, they report in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal Science.The...
The Yale School of Public Health’s Emerging Infections Program (EIP) is recruiting homeowners in nine Fairfield County towns (Bethel, Bridgewater, New Fairfield, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Weston, Westport and Wilton) to participate in the Lyme and...
A new study has turned the conventional wisdom of breast cancer treatment upside down, finding that many women with the disease may not need to undergo the painful, invasive procedure of having lymph nodes removed from their armpits.What are women to...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that excessive formation of calcium crystal deposits in the amniotic fluid may be a reason why some pregnant women suffer preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) leading to preterm delivery.This...
Boston Scientific Corporation has established a $1.7 million scholarship endowment for Yale School of Medicine. The “Donald S. Baim, M.D., ‘75 Scholarship Fund” will honor the late cardiology pioneer and graduate of Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Baim...
As a child grows, a short stature is not usually cause for concern, but it is often the only sign of a condition called Turner syndrome. Prevalent in girls, Turner syndrome is a genetic defect that short-circuits normal growth and leads to cardiac and...
After years of detective work, physicians at Yale School of Medicine have recovered, and are now making public, long-lost medical records of the first patient to receive intravenous chemotherapy treatment for cancer, a seminal event that took place at...
Clinicians have often referred to ultrasound technology as the “stethoscope of the future,” predicting that as the equipment shrinks in size, it will one day be as common at the bedside as that trusty tool around every physician’s neck. According to a new...
Faced with the risk of developing side effects, even ones as mild as fatigue, nausea and fuzzy thinking, many older patients are willing to forego medications that provide only average benefit in preventing heart attack, according to a report by Yale...