Researchers at Yale have identified a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disease for which there is currently no cure or treatment, by targeting an enzyme that had been considered “undruggable.” The finding appears in...
When Janni Lehrer-Stein ’78 B.A. came to Yale in 1975 from Saskatchewan, Canada, she dreamed of becoming a lawyer. And over the next few years her life seemed to unfold just as she had planned.
While at Yale, she interned for a criminal defense attorney...
Yale scientists have discovered an underlying mechanism for Fragile X syndrome — a leading cause of autism and the primary genetic driver of intellectual disability — as well as a drug that reversed the underlying abnormality and autism-like behaviors in...
A new technique developed by a Yale-led research team improves blood flow in surgically made blood vessels used in dialysis, enables them to last longer, and results in fewer complications than the standard technique.
The findings, based on work with...
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck New York, MacArthur-winning performer and artist Okwui Okpokwasili ’96 B.A. was living in Brooklyn, debuting a new project called “Sitting on a Man’s Head,” which was inspired by one of many forms of protest practiced by...
Researchers at the Yale Liver Center found that patients with COVID-19 presented with abnormal liver tests at much higher rates than suggested by earlier studies. They also discovered that higher levels of liver enzymes — proteins released when the liver...
A new study from researchers at Yale and the Mayo Clinic found that emergency department (ED) visits dropped significantly in March as the public responded to messages about staying home as a result of the pandemic.
The study, published in the Aug. 3...
Five years ago, Yale’s Department of Psychiatry formally integrated anti-racism education and advocacy into its resident training program.
Through the Social Justice and Health Equity (SJHE) curriculum, a mandatory part of the four-year program,...
When college students learn specific techniques for managing stress and anxiety, their well-being improves across a range of measures and leads to better mental health, a new Yale study finds.
The research team evaluated three classroom-based wellness...
Yale pharmacology professor Barbara Ehrlich and her team have uncovered a mechanism driving a rare, lethal disease called Wolfram Syndrome and also a potential treatment. Their findings appear in the July 6 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy...