Thomas M. Gill, M.D. In a study to determine how older people progress through different states of frailty, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that the physical symptoms that mark frailty are often reversible and therefore...
Joseph Schlessinger New Haven, Conn. — Joseph Schlessinger, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine, will share the $1 million Dan David Prize for his research on innovative ways of treating...
Richard Edelson Today Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell presented the state cancer control plan developed by the Connecticut Cancer Partnership, a consortium of Connecticut’s top cancer professionals working to implement a comprehensive...
Saquib A. Lakhani Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have gained deeper understanding of two members of a family of proteins called caspases that play a key role in promoting apoptosis, a process in which the cell responds to...
Tamas L. Horvath Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found evidence that a hormone produced in the stomach directly stimulates the higher brain functions of spatial learning and memory development, and further suggests that we...
Ralph DiLeone Deleting a specific gene in particular cells in the brain has the same effect as antidepressants on mice conditioned to be depressed, according to researchers at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas...
Hugh S. Taylor, M.D. Researchers in The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences are currently seeking participants for the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), which will further understanding of the...
Brian Leaderer To ensure that the public health workforce in Connecticut and beyond is able to mount a swift, coordinated response to disasters, acts of terrorism and disease outbreaks, the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at...
Craig Roy A new study indicates how the immune system fights bacteria that cause the severe form of pneumonia known as Legionnaire’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the March issue of Nature Immunology.After...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that analyzing proteins in urine is a simple and objective method to diagnose and classify preeclampsia (PE), a complication of pregnancy causing high blood pressure after 20 weeks of gestation.The work...