July 1, 2005 — A five–year, $8.5–million dollar research project, designed to substantially reduce the spread of malaria by redirecting mosquitoes with odor cues, is being undertaken by an international team of scientists including John Carlson, the...
July 1, 2005 — Yale has been offered $17 million from the Grand Challenges in Global health initiative to genetically engineer mice with immune systems similar enough to humans to aid in testing the safety and effectiveness of potential vaccines. Funded...
July 7, 2005 — The Gerber Foundation has awarded Yale School of Medicine researcher Thomas Carpenter, M.D., $844,000 over three years to study biomarkers of dietary calcium insufficiency in inner city infants. Carpenter, professor of endocrinology and...
July 8, 2005 — Yale School of Nursing (YSN) has moved from 48th to sixth among nursing schools nationwide in support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research, training and fellowship activities, according to rankings released recently by...
July 8, 2005 — Yale School of Medicine is recruiting patients with Alzheimer’s disease to test a vaccine that appears to slow the accumulation of beta amyloid plaque in the brain. Alzheimer’s, which is marked by a progressive loss of mental ability and...
July 11, 2005 — Researchers have pinpointed specific gene and protein over-production in metastatic melanoma, pointing the way to a possible new drug target, according to a study published in Nature July 7. Gene amplification is a process that often...
July 12, 2005 — A Yale School of Medicine-based, multi-institutional study on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is being supported by a $1 million grant from the Gerber Foundation. NEC is an acute intestinal condition occurring in premature and low birth...
July 12, 2005 — Yale School of Medicine researchers report the first demonstration that a single mutation in a human sodium channel gene can trigger pain in people with an inherited pain syndrome known as primary erythromelalgia, according to a study...
July 13, 2005 — In response to the recent press announcements of the hospitalization of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the following contact information may be useful to your office: Dr. Robert Udelsman, Chairman of the Yale School of Medicine...
July 13, 2005 — People who drink alcohol have a lower risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) than non-drinkers, researchers at Yale’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) write in an article published in Lancet Oncology. Led by former EPH...