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Tissue from the lab mends a broken heart

A 3-year-old Bridgeport girl becomes the first patient in the United States to receive a bioengineered blood vessel.

Angela Irizarry was still in her mother’s womb when tests revealed that one of her heart’s two ventricles wasn’t working. She was destined to be a “blue baby.” With only one functional ventricle, oxygenated and deoxygenated blood would mix within that ventricle, causing hypoxia and the bluish coloration of the skin that gives the syndrome its name. In 1968...

Scholars work toward healthy communities

Yale’s Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars make a point of engaging the community in their research and making the world a healthier place.

When Oni Blackstock, M.D., arrived in New Haven in the summer of 2010 to begin her fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholar, she and some of the other fellows took a walking tour of the city’s West River neighborhood—home to many of the patients treated by Yale physicians.“I was really excited,” says Blackstock. “I know a lot...

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