Yale scientists and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have discovered genetic variants that increase the risk of paranoia in cocaine addicts and also seem to affect risk for cocaine dependence itself,...
The Lupus Research Institute has granted a three-year, $300,000 Novel Research Award to support the work on the disease being done by Tarek Fahmy, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Joseph Craft, professor of medicine and immunobiology and...
Yale’s collaboration with other research centers will help determine the best way to treat diabetes in childrenThe University has been named co-chair of the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium (PDC), comprised of six leading clinical facilities. The PDC will be...
As anyone who has broken a bone knows, removing the cast can be one of the most stressful parts of the ordeal - especially for a child.Traditional oscillating saws are noisy, seem to take forever, and can get hot enough to potentially cause third-degree...
Two Yale postdoctoral scientists, Oscar R. Colegio and Kristina M. Herbert, were among 13 designated as Dam Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellows.The foundation provides funds to the nation’s most promising young cancer researchers so they can pursue...
Dr. Robert J. Alpern has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Yale School of Medicine, effective July 1, President Richard C. Levin has announced.Alpern, who came to Yale in 2004, has helped lead the medical school through a period...