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A scientific assault on brain diseases
Program to unravel Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s gears up for a tough battle
The School of Medicine is home to outstanding research programs in cell biology and neurobiology, and members of its faculty have made major contributions to our understanding of how nerve cells are organized and function in the brain. However, despite strong clinical...
A ‘reluctant honoree’ receives his due at last
The late Gustaf E. Lindskog, M.D., who chaired the medical school’s Department of Surgery from 1948 to 1966, deflected recognition at what seemed like every turning point in his career. A pioneer in thoracic surgery and...
A match made in medical school: students find residencies
Each spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country eagerly anticipate Match Day, when students receive word of acceptance in residency training programs.On the afternoon of March 20, word spread...
After heartbreak, a commitment to make a difference
Few events are more tragic than the death of a child. When Steven and Carolyn Wortman of Livingston, N.J., lost their first child, Abby, in 2006 to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), an inflammatory disease of the...
Advances
A two-pronged tactic to grow new bone
School of Medicine researchers have devised a novel technique—removing bone marrow and injecting a...
Read more...Sloppy gene repairs: a cause of lymphoma?
The blood and lymphatic systems transport the immune system’s infection-fighting B cells throughout...
Read more...It may seem hard to believe that the rather menacing creature above, the Malayan pit viper, could...
Read more...Age no barrier for heart bypass surgery
Over the last 40 years, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced “cabbage”) surgery has...
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Medicine@Yale, the bimonthly newsletter of Yale School of Medicine (YSM), chronicles achievements
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