Fertility experts like Pasquale Patrizio, M.D. of the Yale School of Medicine have long been interested in understanding why so few human eggs harvested during in vitro fertilization result in pregnancies.“The two big questions are why so few eggs produce...
Gil Mor Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified, characterized and cloned ovarian cancer stem cells and have shown that these stem cells may be the source of ovarian cancer’s recurrence and...
Gil Mor In a discovery that may be useful for maintaining remission in chemo-resistant ovarian cancer, Yale scientists report that pre-clinical studies have shown the drug compound NV-128 can induce the...
A 3p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the interactive “Medical Inventions and Innovations” exhibit is the first in a series of events on Wednesday, April 16 that coincide with the 60th annual lecture sponsored by the Cushing/Whitney...
Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., professor of internal medicine and cellular & molecular physiology at the Yale School of Medicine, is the 2008 recipient of the Stanley J. Korsmeyer award for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of insulin...
Yale School of Medicine has overhauled its financial aid policy with a major boost in aid to middle-income families by eliminating the required parental contribution for families making up to $100,000 per year, medical school Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D.,...
Disaster planning and response, including preparations for special populations, will be the topic of a conference April 17-18 sponsored by the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Yale School of Public Health. “Community Preparedness:...
Based on everything from name calling to losing a job, perceived discrimination against overweight people is on the rise, according to a study by Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The study published in Obesity is believed to be the...
A genetic mutation in a gene that is a marker for asthma severity may also play a role in causing the disease, researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Chicago report today in the New England Journal of Medicine.“We know from a recent...
Yale University researchers report today in the journal Nature Genetics that they have discovered that rare genetic variants can be associated with a dramatically lower risk of developing high blood pressure in the general population. The insight that...
