Akiko Iwasaki and Heung Kyu Lee Autophagy, or self-cannabalism, plays a major role in the body’s antiviral immune response, according to a report in Science by Yale School of Medicine researchers.“Our...
viruslike particles with dense centers (as at arrows) collect in membrane bound arrays in an infected cell. The alternative view that a virus causes spongiform encephalopathies of the brain, such as “mad...
A molecule that is part of a complex signaling network in the developing brain plays a critical role in periventricular heterotopia (PVH), a congenital brain malformation, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Neuron. PVH often leads to a variety...
Genes that appear to increase the risk of nicotine dependence are likely to be found on several locations, including a region of chromosome 5, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Biological Psychiatry. “These data add to the growing evidence...
Anthony Koleske, associate professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded the $500,000 Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association (AHA).The AHA states that the...