Yale University researchers have found more than two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat, a finding that may help scientists to develop new ways to combat a disease that kills 1 million people...
Yale scientists and researchers now have a comprehensive online tool they can use to share and discuss research projects, data, lab protocols, results, news of clinical trials and advances in clinical care.It is called the YCCI Research Accelerator (RA),...
In recognition of his prolific contributions to the field of immunological research, Yale professor Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, the elite corps of researchers from the nation’s top scientific...
The molecular caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect humans against cancer and premature cellular aging show a surprising inability to protect themselves against ultraviolet radiation, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found.Telomeres—the...
For some time after Yale University purchased the 136 acres of office buildings, streams and woodlands that comprised the former Bayer Pharmaceutical complex in 2007, the primary occupants of West Campus were turkey, geese, deer and coyotes.That is no...
Yale cell biologist James E. Rothman today has been named one of three recipients awarded the 2010 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, the second consecutive time a Yale scientist has been a co-recipient of the prestigious, biennial $1 million prize.Dr. Rothman...
On June 25th 2000, President Bill Clinton announced the completion of the first draft of the human genome, an event that promised to create a revolution in human medicine. A decade later, researchers at Yale University and around the world have made great...
The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Yale University faculty member and stem cell researcher Valerie Horsley, Ph.D., as a 2010 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.This program enables scientists who are early in their careers to expand their research...
A combination of Chinese herbs in use for more than 1,800 years reduced the gastrointestinal side effects of chemotherapy in mice, while actually enhancing the effects of the cancer treatment, Yale University researchers report.The formula used in the...
Nenad Sestan, associate professor of neurobiology at Yale, was at the White House on Tuesday, August 24 to call attention to innovative work funded by the $100 billion Recovery Act program to fund innovative and transformative research.Sestan, for...
