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Yale mourns loss of a bright young light
An idealistic and dedicated woman, graduate student Annie Le planned to devote her life to medical research
On October 12, a memorial service that mixed prayer, remembrances, and music was held at Yale’s Battell Chapel for doctoral student Annie Marie Le, 24, whose body was found on September 13 in the School of Medicine’s Amistad Street Research Building, where she had been...
Clinical research: the next generation
In 2006, former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D., launched the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program, part of his ambitious “Roa” initiative aimed at speeding the...
Supporting Medical Education
Almost a century ago, John W. Sterling, of the Yale College Class of 1864 (right), ably demonstrated the ability of one person to shape and institution. Sterling made a bequest to Yale that funded a building boom in...
Advances
Images help scientists think outside the box
Cell structures known as box C/D guide ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) help to maintain the integrity of...
Read more...Giving a gut punch to Parkinson’s disease
Obesity is a well-known risk factor in diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Now, scientists are...
Read more...Neurons shouldn’t always stick together
The cerebral cortex is organized into contiguous cellular columns—the sort of ordering a dozen...
Read more...Can an old antibody learn a new trick?
Antibody-based drugs, which harnass and enhance the power of the immune system, have been useful in...
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