Yale researchers have identified key mechanisms used to repair breaks in DNA strands, a fundamental question in biology with implications for cancer research.Chromosomes are constantly under assault from environmental threats such as radiation and, as a...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a new animal model for studying hemophilia A, with the goal of eventually treating people with the disorder. Hemophilia A, a hereditary defect that prevents blood from clotting normally, is caused by a...
Yale and McGill University scientists have identified a protein that is critical in fighting mosquito-borne West Nile Virus in mice. This finding could have therapeutic implications for controlling the potentially deadly virus in humans. The study appears...
Yale University researchers have identified three genes containing genetic variations that appear to increase a child’s risk of developing asthma. The findings will be published in three separate journals: the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,...
Yale Health Center, a full-service medical center for students, faculty, staff and their dependents, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year in a brand new light-filled building on 55 Lock St. All Yale Health Center departments are fully operational...
Yale University scientists have discovered how one protein plays a key role in repairing damage to chromosomes that can cause different types of cancer, they report in the September 26 online edition of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology....
Students and teachers in Connecticut’s public schools have fewer unhealthy snack food options in their cafeterias, according to a study by Yale researchers just published in the Journal of School Health.Researchers from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy...
A disproportionate number of HIV patients come from racially and economically disadvantaged groups. Now, a new research and education institute at Yale has received a $1.3 million grant to address a documented shortage of research scientists from this...
The cost of care for cancer patients who stopped hospice care was nearly five times higher than that for patients who remained with it, according to a study by the Yale School of Public Health and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Patients who stop hospice...