Scientists for the first time have discovered a way to predict whether women with the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer — ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)— are at risk of developing more invasive tumors in later life. The study appears online...
Dr. Michael Caplan, the C.N.H. Long Professor and chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the Yale School of Medicine, has received the University’s first Postdoctoral Mentoring Prize.The new prize, to be presented annually, honors...
The molecular caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect humans against cancer and premature cellular aging show a surprising inability to protect themselves against ultraviolet radiation, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found.Telomeres—the...
In recognition of his prolific contributions to the field of immunological research, Yale professor Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, the elite corps of researchers from the nation’s top scientific...
Most patients and research subjects believe that the financial ties their clinicians and researchers have with private companies should be disclosed, according to findings published in Archives of Internal Medicine by researchers at Yale School of...
On Wednesday, May 5, William F. May, the Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics Emeritus at Southern Methodist University, will give the annual Robert J. Levine Lecture, under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.“Growing Old...
Sir Iain Chalmers, recognized as one of the leading health researchers of his generation, is the 2010 recipient of the C-E.A. Winslow Award.The honor is bestowed by the Yale School of Public Health every several years to recognize outstanding...
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale has launched two new comprehensive resources to aid journalists, photo editors, bloggers, advertisers and other influencers in the creation and delivery of fair, unbiased coverage of obesity and weight-...
Yale Cancer Center scientists have discovered that OCT4, a protein critical in determining the fate of certain germ-cell tumors, is commonly detected and targeted by the immune system in healthy individuals. Their findings, published in the Proceedings of...
A team of leading historians and public health professionals from the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute and Rwanda are urging that grand strategy - a comprehensive plan of action to achieve large ends with limited means - be incorporated into...