President Richard C. Levin announced today the appointment of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dean Robert Alpern as dean of the Yale School of Medicine. Alpern, who will assume the deanship at Yale June 1, is the Ruth W. and Milton P....
One of the most widely used cancer chemotherapy agents not only kills cells directly, but also appears to cause cells to transmit a “death signal” to neighboring cells, according to a Yale researcher. The agent, cisplatin, has been used in cancer...
One of the most widely used cancer chemotherapy agents not only kills cells directly, but also appears to cause cells to transmit a “death signal” to neighboring cells, according to a Yale researcher. The agent, cisplatin, has been used in cancer...
In this issue of Science, researchers at Yale University and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto report that curcumin, a compound in the spice turmeric, corrects the defect of cystic fibrosis in mice. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a debilitating and...
In this issue of Science, researchers at Yale University and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto report that curcumin, a compound in the spice turmeric, corrects the defect of cystic fibrosis in mice. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a debilitating and...
Yale School of Nursing faculty are developing models of care related to Type 2 diabetes, safe and healthy child care, excessive weight gain during pregnancy, and support following breast cancer therapy. The four projects are funded by the Beatrice...
Donna Diers, retired professor of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN), will discuss and read from her new book, “Speaking of Nursing: Narratives of Practice, Research, Policy and the Profession,” on May 3 at YSN. The discussion, reading and book signing...
Even small epileptic seizures can trigger widespread abnormal signals in brain networks leading to loss of consciousness, according to new findings by a Yale researcher. “We’ve known for a long time that the temporal lobe misfires during seizures,” said...
A gift of two semi-automatic, external defibrillators was made to Yale University Faculty of Engineering and Athletics by Defibtech, LLC of Guilford, Connecticut, highlighting the relationship between Yale and a lifesaving innovation by two of its...
The opening of the Jeffrey Modell Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies (PI) will be announced at a press conference Friday April 23 at 10:30 a.m. at The Anlyan Center, Yale School of Medicine, 300 Cedar St. PI is an umbrella term for over 100 genetic...