A small set of neurons responsible for keeping people alert have the ability to arouse each other, a finding that could have implications for those who work long or odd hours and have difficulty staying awake, a Yale researcher has found. Anthony van...
Yale School of Medicine researchers are testing a promising new treatment for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, which is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in the United States, affecting one in 100 women. The women will be...
Cystic Fibrosis, a fatal lung disease striking one in 2,500 people, may be caused by a failure of the cilia to maintain the level of water associated with the mucus in the lungs, causing the natural mucus to thicken and become infected with bacteria,...
A review of long-term data of new antiepileptic drug (AED) use found that epilepsy patients refill their prescriptions for an average of six to eight months, according to results presented today by a Yale School of Medicine researcher at the American...
Researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and affiliated with Women’s Health Research at Yale will examine sex-specific factors in the association between stress and cocaine addiction with help from a new five-year, $5.8 million grant. The grant is...
Yale School of Medicine neurobiologists Pasko Rakic, M.D., the Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor and Chair of Neurobiology and Patricia Goldman-Rakic, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Neurobiology, jointly received the distinguished Ralph W. Gerard Prize...
Drastically lowering caloric intake is a proven way of extending life in mammals, and a Yale researcher working with colleagues from the University of Connecticut has shown how the body may translate lower calories into longer life, it was reported...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed novel digital imaging technology that is capable of pinpointing protein expression patterns in cells that cause diseases such as breast and colon cancer. “This is a breakthrough for new bio-specific...
Yale researchers Joel Gelernter M.D., Robert Malison, M.D., and colleagues have received a $1.6 million grant to conduct an international research-training program in the genetics of drug dependence. The grant is part of the first International...
Yale, for the first time, is offering a course this semester on preparing for bioterrorism and other disasters, a new offering requested by students following the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. “After the attack on September 11, 2001...