July 11, 2005 — Researchers have pinpointed specific gene and protein over-production in metastatic melanoma, pointing the way to a possible new drug target, according to a study published in Nature July 7. Gene amplification is a process that often...
July 8, 2005 — Yale School of Nursing (YSN) has moved from 48th to sixth among nursing schools nationwide in support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research, training and fellowship activities, according to rankings released recently by...
July 8, 2005 — Yale School of Medicine is recruiting patients with Alzheimer’s disease to test a vaccine that appears to slow the accumulation of beta amyloid plaque in the brain. Alzheimer’s, which is marked by a progressive loss of mental ability and...
The grant–making arm within Women’s Health Research at Yale is funding new research studies for 2005 to reduce domestic violence, examine the link between estrogen and lung cancer, and investigate estrogen’s effects on memory. This granting structure,...
Shifting their hiring criteria after learning the gender of job applicants is one way that employers engage in sex discrimination despite laws and policies banning it, according to a study by Yale researchers published this month. “The question we wanted...
A Yale School of Medicine surgeon, Edward Uchio, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, section of urology, is a recipient of the 2005 Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award. Only 10 Jahnigen scholars’ awards were presented to geriatrics...
Shifting their hiring criteria after learning the gender of job applicants is one way that employers engage in sex discrimination despite laws and policies banning it, according to a study by Yale researchers published this month. “The question we wanted...
Cigarette smoking may improve attention and short–term memory in persons with schizophrenia by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the June issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry...
Cigarette smoking may improve attention and short–term memory in persons with schizophrenia by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the June issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry...
The tobacco industry’s campaign to attract new generations of smokers, particularly women, provides valuable insight for anti–smoking campaigns, according to a published study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the University of California at...