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Science that’s more than just skin-deep
Innovative microscopy technique brings Yale scientists a real-time glimpse of stem cells in action
The unique ability of embryonic stem cells to make copies of themselves and to differentiate into the myriad cell types that make up the body’s tissues and organs has been described in almost magical terms in the popular press. But the action of some stem cells is...
Center treats cystic fibrosis in adulthood
In the mid-1950s, children with cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease that causes thick mucus to clog the lungs and pancreatic ducts, were not expected to survive long enough to attend grade school. Even 10 to 15...
Apple names Yale a ‘standout school’ for curricular innovations
The School of Medicine’s iPad initiative, through which all Yale medical students have been provided with an Apple tablet computer containing the school’s curriculum, has won praise on campus and off, most recently by...
Advances
A flashy technique for cell biology
One of the most intriguing techniques in current biological research is optogenetics, in which...
Read more...Does natural birth build better brains?
For several years, scientists in the lab of Tamas Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., have studied UCP2, a...
Read more...A strategy to target the “undruggables”
Drug designers have successfully created many protein drugs to battle human disease. But most...
Read more...Hoarding disorder: a unique obsession
Many of us know a “pack rat” who has trouble throwing things away, but people with hoarding...
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