Women with asthma who are carrying a female fetus are more likely to experience worse asthma symptoms than asthmatic women carrying a male fetus, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the February issue of American Journal of Epidemiology.“This...
Increasing the level of a protein that plays a key role in traumatic spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis reduces the concentration of disease-causing plaque in Alzheimer’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Journal of...
A Yale School of Medicine laboratory has succeeded in mapping and describing an interaction important for cell adhesion, a process critical to life, and, when it goes awry, can lead to diseases such as cancer.Adhesion of a cell to neighboring cells or...
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...
Vincent Calhoun, M.D. Yale School of Medicine researchers report a novel technique for jointly studying structural and functional changes in the brain based upon an advanced statistical approach called joint independent component...
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...
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...
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...
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...