A method called prospective surveillance, which studies unexplained illness and death due to possibly infectious causes, allowed for earlier detection of emerging and reemerging infections in 73 percent of cases, Yale researchers conclude in a new study...
Yale researchers have shown for the first time that a component of the medicinal herb feverfew targets a protein called IkappaB Kinase and halts that protein’s role in the inflammation process. “The results pave the way for the development of novel anti...
Researchers at Yale studying a rare inherited form of hypertension have discovered mutations in two different genes that can cause this disease, clearing the way for new medications to treat both the rare and common forms of high blood pressure. “This...
The life and work of pioneering anti-slavery reformer and civic leader James Hillhouse (1754-1832) will be commemorated in New Haven next month as part of Yale University’s Tercentennial celebration. The Yale Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of...
Rewarding drug users with vouchers that they exchange for food, clothing, or, as one did, a robe for singing in a church choir, was effective in keeping patients drug free and on a medication regimen, according to research at Yale University. The...
Henry J. Binder, M.D., professor of medicine and of cellular and molecular physiology in the Yale School of Medicine, and collaborators, are recipients of a Wellcome Trust and Burroughs Wellcome Fund research award to study diarrheal diseases....
C. Norman Gillis, professor emeritus of anesthesiology and pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine, died on August 16 at age 68 in Boston. Recognized nationally as a specialist in pulmonary vascular disease and pharmacology, Gillis published...
C. Norman Gillis, professor emeritus of anesthesiology and pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine, died on August 16 at age 68 in Boston. Recognized nationally as a specialist in pulmonary vascular disease and pharmacology, Gillis published...
To help further innovative research efforts on cancers primarily or solely affecting women, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and its John A. and Edna M. DeLeon and Edith P. Rausch Funds have awarded a $75,000 grant to Women’s Health...
The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders at Yale University will host a symposium September 14-15 on the subject of ethnic cleansing on the frontiers of Europe and America. Distinguished scholars, including Yale professors John...