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Study Reveals Molecular Mechanism Behind MS and Other Autoimmune Diseases
A Yale-led study reveals a mechanism that triggers loss of immune regulation associated with multiple sclerosis and other diseases — and a target for treatment.
Source: Yale News
28 Aug 2024
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How to Manage Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Relapses
Yale MS expert says a newer treatment is 98% effective in preventing new relapses.
Source: Yale Medicine
29 Jul 2024
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Highlighting Yale’s Neuroscience Research
To better understand the impact of NIH funding, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal visited Yale School of Medicine for a tour of neuroscience lab facilities and a discussion with neuroscience researchers.
10 Jul 2024
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How Immunotherapy Can Treat Cancer and Other Diseases: 8 Things to Know
This treatment is helping many people’s immune systems outsmart disease. The long-term goal is to make immunotherapy work for everyone.
Source: Yale Medicine
10 May 2024
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Department of Neurology Annual Report 2022-2023
Discover the latest updates in patient care, research, education, wellness, diversity, and more from the Yale School of Medicine Department of Neurology in its 2022-2023 annual report. YSM Neurology is a clinical, research, and education hub, advancing cutting-edge research and treatments of neurological diseases and disorders, and training the next generation of leading neurologists.
2 May 2024
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COVID-19: New ‘Omics’ Models Show Why Some People Are at Greater Risk of Severe Disease, Death
One of the largest multiomics analyses to date examines hallmarks associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality, and how these factors interact with one another.
1 May 2024
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Yale School of Medicine Receives Grant From The Marcus Foundation to Treat Parkinson’s Disease
The Marcus Foundation has awarded $13.2 million to Yale School of Medicine, to support a clinical trial that could mark a first step toward a preventive treatment for Parkinson's disease.
28 Feb 2024
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From the journals
A genetic variant that is linked to faster progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been identified in a genome-wide association study.
1 Nov 2023
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Genetic Variant Linked With Faster Progression of Multiple Sclerosis
A study of more than 22,000 people with MS has for the first time identified a genetic variant associated with faster progression of the disease.
Source: YaleNews
28 Jun 2023
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Why Does COVID-19 Cause Severe Illness in Some Patients but Not Others?
A new study harnesses big data and bioinformatics to explore how the immune system can fight off the virus in some cases and fails in others.
9 Jun 2023
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Raising Awareness for World Multiple Sclerosis Day
In honor of World MS Day on May 30, 2023, Yale Department of Neurology Chair and neuro-immunologist David Hafler, MD spoke with NBC Connecticut on the importance of early detection of MS, advances in effective therapies, and improvements in prognosis over the last 30 years.
Source: NBC Connecticut
30 May 2023
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9 Yale Neurologists Named Connecticut's 'Top Doctors'
Nine Yale Medicine and Yale New Haven Health-affiliated faculty have been named to Connecticut Magazine's 2023 'Top Doctors' list.
5 May 2023
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Department of Neurology Annual Report 2020-2022
Introducing the Yale Department of Neurology 2020-2022 annual report, a comprehensive overview of our Education, Diversity, and Wellness Efforts, as well as clinical, research, and patient care updates from each division. YSM Neurology is a world-renowned research, teaching, and clinical center devoted to exceptional patient care; education of medical and graduate students; and neurological research.
3 Nov 2022
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Does Parkinson’s Disease Begin in the Gut?
Yale research suggests that several neurodegerative diseases may originate not in the nervous system, but in the gut microbiome.
9 Aug 2022
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Colton Center for Autoimmunity Awards Grants to Six Yale Projects
The funding is for six innovative research projects that exhibit the potential to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics and to provide new insights into the mechanistic underpinnings of autoimmune diseases.
Source: YaleNews
19 Jul 2022
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Advances: Fatty acids’ ties to multiple sclerosis
Oleic acid, a fatty acid found in many foods, may counteract the autoimmune effect of multiple sclerosis.
28 Jun 2022
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Understanding Poor Vaccine Responses in Individuals With Weakened Immune Systems
Yale researchers have received a $12 million award from the NIH as part of the Human Immune Project Consortium to study vaccine responses in vulnerable groups, including patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) undergoing B cell depletion therapy, older adults including particularly vulnerable older residents of long-term care facilities, and certain individuals with sickle cell disease.
16 Jun 2022
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Irina Krykbaeva, PhD, Awarded 2022 Milton C. Winternitz Prize in Pathology
Irina Krykbaeva, a recent PhD graduate in the Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine, is the winner of the 2022 Milton C. Winternitz Prize in Pathology. The prize is awarded annually to the student who, in the opinion of the department faculty and staff, has done outstanding work in the course.
2 Jun 2022
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The Role of Machine Learning Algorithms in Biomedical Discovery
Machine learning algorithms accelerate biomedical research in viral infection, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and more at Yale’s van Dijk Lab.
10 May 2022
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Philanthropist Nancy Davis Opens Up About Life with Multiple Sclerosis and Her Mission to Help Others
Philanthropist Nancy Davis tells her story of living with multiple sclerosis, from her diagnosis after a ski accident to how she eventually found the treatment plan that was right for her. Yale Neurology Chair David Hafler, MD also speaks about how far research into the autoimmune disease has come and what the most effective treatment strategies are.
Source: People
4 May 2022