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PET Center opens on Howard Avenue
Despite recent advances in molecular medicine, physicians are still in the dark about many diseases, gleaning clues to...

Hands-on science program for local students brings town and gown together
The students who were asked to identify and explain the function of a muscle in the cadaver they’ve been working with...

Medicare coverage leads to more screening
The expansion of Medicare in 1998 to cover colonoscopies appears to have led to both an increase in demand for the...
After 10 years of research, a rare skin disease is traced to a chemical used in MRIs
In 1997 investigators in California came across a mysterious skin disease. It often started with redness of the skin...

A clear solution to a protein puzzle
Several years ago, when researchers discovered intramembrane proteases—a class of hydrophilic enzymes that seemed to...

Yale scientist finds two genetic anomalies linked to macular degeneration
In late 2004, Josephine J. Hoh, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology and of ophthalmology and visual science,...

Research in Iran yields clue to heart disease
In 1998 Arya Mani, M.D., HS ’97, FW ’01, assistant professor of medicine (cardiology), returned to his native Iran to...





