Blocking a common immune system response cleared up plaques associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and enabled treated mice to recover some lost memory, Yale University researchers report Friday in the journal Nature Medicine.Researchers hope the new...
Today Pasko Rakic, professor of neurobiology and neurology at Yale University School of Medicine, was named one of the inaugural recipients of the Kavli Prizes, for his key role in changing our understanding of the cerebral cortex, the seat of human...
Yale University’s Christine Jacobs-Wagner has been designated an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, a non-profit medical research organization that is one of the nation’s largest philanthropies.Jacobs-Wagner, the Maxine...
Yale University brain cancer experts are available to comment on treatments for malignant gliomas, the type of brain cancer Sen. Edward Kennedy has been diagnosed with.They include: W. Mark Saltzman, the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and...
Yale University researchers have determined how a key component of many vaccines activates an immune system response, a finding that opens up promising new avenues of research on better ways to prevent infections. A team of scientists led by Stephanie C....
The feminine features and elongated head of ancient Egypt’s King Akhenaten may be attributed to two genetic defects called aromatose excess syndrome and craniosynostosis, said Yale School of Medicine dermatology professor Irwin Braverman, M.D.Because no...
In response to a Lancet Journal letter suggesting that obese people are significantly contributing to world oil demands and global food scarcity, Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, cautioned that...
Physicians-in-training learned about an important aspect of patient care — pain management — at a symposium held recently at the Yale School of Medicine. In recent years, pain has been designated as one of the vital signs indicating a patient’s well-being...
Women with fibroids and endometriosis facing the possibility of hysterectomy may now choose less invasive treatment options to preserve fertility, according to Yale professor Dr. Aydin Arici, who directed a scientific session exploring these alternatives...
Karyn Frick, associate professor of behavioral neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, has been awarded the third annual Society for Women’s Health Research Medtronic Prize for Scientific Contributions to Women’s Health for her research on the...