Peter Farley
Pete Farley has worked in scientific publishing, editing, and writing for over 20 years, beginning with a stint at the Journal of Neurosurgery in the mid-1980s. He holds a master's degree in science and medical journalism from Boston University and is editor of Medicine@Yale, a publication of Yale School of Medicine.Articles
Autumn 2011
Yale forms partnership to develop cancer drugs
Yale and Gilead Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company based in Foster City, Calif., announced in late March that they...
Spring 2009
Yale paper among best of 2008
An article by Yale scientists on the formation of cell membranes has been named one of the top scientific papers of...
Autumn 2009
A new ARRA for science as stimulus package boosts NIH grants around the country
In his inaugural address in January, President Barack Obama pledged to “restore science to its rightful place” and “not...
Autumn 2008
A theory abandoned but still compelling
In 1977 readers were enthralled by The Dragons of Eden, a book by the astronomer Carl Sagan that explored the evolution...
Winter 2007
Stem cell program gets under way at Yale with arrival of cell biologist
One of the nation’s leading stem cell biologists arrived at Yale last summer to lead a new program that will explore...
Spring 2006
Harvey Cushing: the man, the surgeon and the father
J. Michael Bliss, Ph.D., author of a new biography of Harvey W. Cushing, M.D., assumed the lectern at the Hope...
Spring 2006
German pharma funds research
The School of Medicine and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BIPI), the Ridgefield, Conn.-based division of...
Spring 2006
Taste and smell—the nose knows
Although our taste buds distinguish sweet, sour, salty, savory and bitter, flavor arises from a combination of tastes...
Spring 2006
New twist on experiment unleashes the brain’s potential for healing
When we pour concrete for a sidewalk or foundation, we want the material to be as fluid as possible, so that it will...
Spring 2006
NBA star makes a giant impact in his African homeland
As he walked through campus last September, Dikembe Mutombo, all-star center for the Houston Rockets, cut a somewhat...
Autumn 2006
Cancer Center moves forward after vote by New Haven Board of Aldermen
New Haven’s Board of Aldermen cleared the way for the construction of a new cancer facility
Autumn 2006
Can microRNAs put the brakes on cancer?
One of the basic premises of biology is that our genetic code lies in our DNA, which, in turn, relies on RNA to...
Autumn 2006
Anesthesiologist finds a new way to manage blood loss in the operating room
The most common method for tracking blood volume during surgery—a catheter inserted into the heart that transmits...
Summer 2005
Drugmaker invests in New Haven facility and joint projects at Yale
Like many enterprises with international reach, Pfizer makes its corporate home in New York. But the company has deep...
Summer 2005
Yale scientists find a genetic connection to age-related macular degeneration
Biomedical research into the genetic basis of disease has progressed at a rapid clip since the sequence of the human...
Spring 2005
The molecule meets the computer chip
It is difficult to imagine two places more different than The Eagle Pub and Celera Genomics, each of which provided the...
Spring 2005
A new role for “good” microorganisms
The human immune system is a finely honed defense mechanism that quickly detects and destroys bacterial and viral...
Autumn 2005
A mouse offers a new way to test vaccines
The laboratory mouse—resilient, easy to breed and ideally suited to the genetic manipulations that form the basis of...
Autumn 2005
A toll on infections
In 1997 the late Charles A. Janeway Jr., M.D., and Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology, discovered...
Autumn 2005
Research that makes women visible
Surveying a packed ballroom at New Haven’s Omni Hotel in which women were disproportionately and diversely represented,...
Autumn 2005
Music and sedatives
For decades, doctors and nurses in the operating room have turned to music to soothe the nerves of anxious patients....
Winter 2004
Fighting the good food fight
With the pealing bells of St. Mary’s Church as counterpoint, a celebratory air prevailed in the seminar room of...
Summer 2004
Mapping the social mind
Humans share such solid bonds with family, friends and community that we can scarcely imagine what it might be like to...
Summer 2004
Liz Taylor, “Men of Stars” and humanoid robots: new tools to study autism
The eyes may or may not be the gateway to the soul, but they are providing Yale researchers Ami J. Klin, Ph.D., Warren...
Spring 2004
For another public health trailblazer, a tobacco control milestone in the Bay State
Howard K. Koh, M.D. ’77, M.P.H., is another Yale medical alumnus who has won a major battle in the tobacco wars as a...
Fall/Winter 2004
Looking to mechanics to explain what cells do and how they develop
Mavericks start out young, it seems. Once, after performing an advanced earth science experiment with other...
Fall/Winter 2004
Straddling law and medicine, and looking for an answer to the malpractice crisis
When health policy guru Troyen A. Brennan, M.P.H. ’84, J.D. ’84, M.D. ’84, began his studies at the School of Medicine...
Fall/Winter 2004
Recreating the residency
Under new rules, residents may not work more than 80 hours a week. This change has forced physicians to rethink the...
Fall/Winter 2004
A day in the life
By 7:15 on a recent Monday morning, intern Loida Viera, M.D., and second-year resident Charles Dela Cruz, M.D., have...
Autumn 2003
A matter of taste
Debunking myths and shattering stereotypes has long been part of Linda Bartoshuk's career path.
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