Passing the torch
A shared life in research inspires $2.5 million gift to aid young scientists
When Franklin H. Top Jr., M.D., and his wife, Lois Top, M.N.Ed., paid a visit to the School of Medicine recently, it was a homecoming for them both. In the late 1950s, Lois was a nursing student at the University of Connecticut and living in a dormitory the program maintained then near Grace-New Haven Hospital (now Yale-New Haven Hospital), the hospital where she was born. Franklin, her husband-to-be, had earned an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Yale College and was working toward...
Acquisition of Bayer site will accelerate biomedical research
Yale University’s recent purchase of the 136-acre Bayer HealthCare campus in the municipalities of West Haven and...
International effort rewrites the book on the human genome
When the Human Genome Project wrapped up in 2003, the world got its first complete instruction manual on how to build a...
Finding a new chink in cancer’s armor
Close-up view of protein offers hope for new, highly targeted cancer drugs
Clinical master, consummate teacher
For 35 years, students have learned how to listen from ‘Larry the Heart’
Top heart surgeon is named Glenn Professor
Internationally known heart surgeon John A. Elefteriades, M.D., professor of surgery, has been named the William W.L....
Diabetes experts win top scientific honors
Two School of Medicine scientists have received high honors for their contributions to diabetes research and treatment....
Obstetrics/gynecology chair is honored as leader and writer
It was an eventful spring for Charles J. Lockwood, M.D., the Anita O’Keefe Young Professor of Women’s Health and chair...
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