Fluorescent staining shows Campylobacter jejuni (red) inside a cell and microtubules of the cytoskeletal network (green) at 6 hours after infection. Watson/Yale. Yale researchers now have some answers...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that a thyroid hormone in the brain is linked to the “uncoupling” protein UCP2, which can maintain appetite during periods of fasting so that the body is ready to eat when food is reintroduced. Published...
Carol Weitzman, M.D. Carol Weitzman, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, is a recipient of a two-year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) grant aimed at eliminating racial...
Tamas L. Horvath Estrogen regulates the brain’s energy metabolism in the same way as the hormone leptin, leading the way to a viable approach to tackling obesity in people resistant to leptin, researchers...
Marcella Nunez-Smith, M.D. A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine offers a unique and detailed view of race and discrimination in the health care workplace and the negative impact on job...
Thomas D. Pollard Time-lapse videos and computer simulations provide the first concrete molecular explanation of how a cell flexes tiny muscle-like structures to pinch itself into two daughter cells at the...
A before-and-after study led by Yale biologists, of the effects of 1997 El Niño on the genetic diversity of marine iguanas on the Galápagos Islands, emphasizes the importance of studying populations over time and the need to determine which environmental...
Mark Saltzman Bioengineers at Yale and Cornell have created a modified chemotherapy that more effectively reaches and remains at the site of brain tumors — by adding a water-soluble polymer to the anti-...
O. Erik Tetlie The gigantic fossil claw of a 390 million-year-old sea scorpion, recently found in Germany, shows that ancient arthropods — spiders, insects, crabs and the like — were surprisingly larger...
Xing-Wang Deng A joint Yale-Peking University center that aims to improve crop production by furthering understanding of plant biology will receive five years of continued and expanded support from the...