John D. MacMicking, a tenured associate professor of microbial pathogenesis at Yale, is one of 26 scientists named May 19 as investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).John D. MacMickingThe HHMI grants to scientists from 19 institutions...
Using an instrument so sensitive it can fold and unfold a single protein, Yale School of Medicine researchers have manipulated a protein essential for HIV to invade cells. The “optical tweezers” allowed researchers to apply tiny forces to a single...
A new study describes how the protein renalase, first identified at Yale, protects cells from the type of severe injury that could result in a heart attack or kidney failure. The finding may lead to new treatments that protect against those conditions.Dr...