The delicate balance between development of normal tissue and tumors depends in part upon a key molecular switch within cells, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the March 21 issue of the journal Science. Their findings reveal a potential...
By deleting a single gene, researchers at Yale University were able to dramatically reduce fat mass in mice while expanding their lifespan by 20%. The findings also suggest that the damaging inflammation associated with obesity may not be just a byproduct...
For a molecular, cellular, and developmental biology (MCDB) major, Chanthia Ma devotes a lot of her time to thinking about art.
The Yale sophomore — who is managing editor of Yale Scientific Magazine and spends hours in the lab at the Yale School of...
Mental illness and creativity have long been linked, yet how inspiration drives creative thinking has remained a mystery.A new study by researchers at Yale and the University of Lancaster in the United Kingdom explored how different types of inspiration...
Almost 20 people die every day while waiting for an organ transplant. For patients in need of intestinal transplants, the wait is even more agonizing because countless healthy intestines are discarded due to the difficulty of transporting them. To solve...