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A massive scientific initiative to decode how aging reshapes the human body reached a major milestone this month. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet) published its first wave of discoveries, highlighted by a cover commentary in the journal Cell led by Rong Fan, PhD, Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), alongside researchers from nine other institutions.
- November 12, 2025
Yale School of Medicine faculty members were recognized for publishing studies that rank in the top 1% based on the number of citations they received in their field.
- September 02, 2025Source: Nature
Study from authors who include several members of Yale School of Medicine reveals that a newly discovered type of immune cell found in fat tissue seems to contribute to the chronic inflammation associated with aging.
- July 23, 2025
A groundbreaking study reveals that naturally occurring autoantibodies can boost or hinder cancer immunotherapy effectiveness by up to 10-fold, offering new insights into why these treatments only work for some patients. The findings appear July 23 in Nature.
- March 18, 2025
Twelve Yale School of Medicine faculty members are among the leading experts in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine newly elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
- November 28, 2024
The study by Yale Cancer Center (YCC) researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) discovered that not all CD8+ T cells are allies in a body’s fight against cancer cells. In a new study, patients living with severe melanoma who had increased levels of suppressor, regulatory CD8+ T cells had worse survival outcomes.
- January 24, 2024
Researchers say the new CAR-T cell therapy significantly reduced the number of cancerous T cells, while leaving healthy cells intact.
- March 07, 2023Source: Yale News
Yuval Kluger, who works in the broad fields of bioinformatics, machine learning, and applied mathematics to develop new approaches for analyzing large biological data sets, was recently appointed the Anthony N. Brady Professor of Pathology.
- March 07, 2023Source: Yale News
Kluger works in the broad fields of bioinformatics, machine learning, and applied mathematics to develop approaches for analyzing large biological data sets.
- January 29, 2023
Aged bone marrow promotes the expansion of arterial smooth muscle cells and exacerbates the build-up of fatty deposits in artery walls, a new Yale study found.