New genes found in Crohn’s disease, serious eye ailment
A decade ago, finding genes that contribute to human diseases was labor-intensive, time-consuming and prohibitively expensive. But today, cutting-edge research tools are changing all that, and two School of Medicine researchers are at the forefront of the revolution.Last month, in the journal Science, Josephine J. Hoh, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology and ophthalmology, and Judy H. Cho, M.D., associate professor of medicine, reported that their research teams had homed in on genes...
$3 billion Yale campaign will benefit science and medicine
Nearly a decade after the close of its last major fundraising campaign, Yale has launched “Yale Tomorrow,” a five-year drive to raise $3 billion, a major portion of which will be directed toward science and medicine. At the public launch of the campaign in September, President Richard C. Levin announced that donors had already committed $1.3 billion in gifts and pledges during the campaign’s quiet phase, which began in mid-2004.The campaign is organized around four major themes: “Yale College,” “The Arts,” “The Sciences”...
Biologists and chefs alike know that oil and water don’t mix. So several years ago, when researchers first discovered...
A robot arrives in the operating room
Operating room nurse Elizabeth Lasorso, R.N., did a double take when she walked into the operating room in late August...
State makes first stem-cell grants to Yale
Yale fared well in the first group of grants awarded in November by the state of Connecticut from a $100 million fund...
Born on a battlefield, a fighter in real wars and the war against cancer
Medicine@Yale, the bimonthly newsletter of Yale School of Medicine (YSM), chronicles achievements
of YSM in basic and clinical research, medical education, and health care. Read More...
