The size and shape of the human cerebral cortex, an evolutionary marvel responsible for everything from Shakespeare’s poetry to the atomic bomb, are largely influenced by mutations in a single gene, according to a team of researchers led by the Yale...
Scientists at Yale University and in Grenoble France have succeeded in creating a movie showing the breakup of actin filaments, the thread-like structures inside cells that are crucial to their movement, maintenance and division.Actin filaments are the...
The Yale Child Study Center continues its 100th birthday celebration with the second in a series of symposia designed to inform parents, pediatricians and primary care providers about the latest research and clinical developments affecting children.Taking...
To celebrate its Bicentennial, Yale School of Medicine will host some of the world’s most preeminent scientists in a two-day gathering on April 28-29. The 15 scientists, with seven Nobel laureates among them, will help define the critical issues in health...
Faced with the prospect of costly in vitro fertilization (IVF) but with no help from insurance coverage, some infertile couples feel pressure to transfer multiple embryos in an attempt to ensure that the IVF is a success. This can lead to higher rates of...
Addictive eating behavior and substance dependence have similar patterns of brain activity, finds a new study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale. The study is published in the Archives of General Psychiatry and is the first to link...