The birth of new neurons depend upon activation of an important molecular pathway in stem cells, a new Yale School of Medicine study shows.Angelique Bordey and colleagues show that activation of the mTOR pathway (mammalian target of rapamycin) helps...
Inflammation is the common denominator of many chronic age-related diseases such as arthritis, gout, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes. But according to a Yale School of Medicine study, even in the absence of a disease, inflammation can lead to serious loss of...
It has been 60 years since scientists discovered that sodium channels create the electrical impulses crucial to the function of nerve, brain, and heart cells — all of which are termed “excitable.” Now researchers at Yale and elsewhere are discovering that...
Rana Dajani, assistant professor in molecular biology in the faculty of science at the Hashemite University in Jordan, came to Yale last year as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and a Fulbright Scholar. Dajani, who worked in...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Yale chemist Jason Crawford a five-year, $2.5 million grant that will support his study of gut-dwelling bacteria that play a role in the development of colorectal cancer.Jason CrawfordCrawford, who...
James E. Rothman, ’71 B.A., the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences, and professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University, was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on how molecular...