Gil Mor, M.D. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine report that a specific defense mechanism used by the immune system is imitated by cancer cells in order to fight off the effects of cancer drugs like paclitaxel. Led by Gil Mor, M.D.,...
Pets, wildlife or livestock could act as sentinels to provide early warning for humans and could help identify many ongoing exposure risks for certain bioterrorism agents, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found in a study published in Emerging...
Culture plays a significant role in how women perceive obesity in terms of both appearance and health, according to a study by Yale School of Nursing researchers in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Maryanne Davidson of the Yale University School of...
Yale Cancer Center will host a unique program for cancer survivors and their families in celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day on Thursday, May 25. The event, titled “New Beginnings: Complementary Approaches to Living Well Today,” will include a...
Elizabeth B. Claus, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year, $250,000 grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to study breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS...
Eric Sargis, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Thanks to a globe-spanning collaboration and an animal found in a farmer’s cornfield in Tanzania, a new genus of living monkey has been characterized, marking the first such discovery in 83...
The 9th annual Yale Chemical Biology Symposium, a day-long event that applauds and highlights new advances at the interface of chemistry and biology, will be held Friday May 12 and will include more than 250 researchers from Yale, local and distant...
Steven M. Girvin The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of Steven M. Girvin, professor of physics and applied physics at Yale as one of the 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 16 countries who are recognized...
Joanna Mattis Yale undergraduate Joanna Mattis is one of only 11 graduating college students nation-wide to have been awarded a prestigious Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship this year.The Churchill supports one year of post-...
James Austin Broussard, Sarah Cannon, Sarah Scott Stillman and Aaron Simcha Zelinsky, four members of the Yale College Class of 2006 who have been remarkably active in the Yale and New Haven communities, were awarded the Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize during...