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Study suggests losses of both may lead to post-marathon kidney injury

For millions of Americans, contact with certain foods can cause anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction. A new study has uncovered a previously unknown cell type that promotes the reaction and could be used to identify individuals who are most at risk.

Yale investigators have described how listeria bacteria manipulate the immune system to promote their own survival.

Dr. Ellen F. Foxman wins Hartwell Foundation Investigation Award

Edward Snyder, MD, professor of laboratory medicine, doesn’t run to win, but he does run for the crown of a king. Last March, Snyder achieved a goal 16 years in the making—running races in all 169 towns in Connecticut. Those few who complete the feat are crowned as royalty by his running club.

Stephanie Eisenbarth is an Associate Professor in the Immunology Faculty at Yale University. Her work has shown that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Dock8 plays a role in the migration of a specific dendritic cell subset, and that when Dock8 is missing, some dendritic cells can no longer prime CD4+ T cells. Stephanie’s laboratory now focuses on understanding how T cell–driven pathology is initiated. We chatted with Stephanie to find out about her journey in science.

Dr. Joe El-Khoury of Laboratory Medicine at Yale reviews the clinical utility, analytical considerations, and operational aspects of intraoperative parathyroid hormone (ioPTH) testing to highlight the important role laboratories play in providing high quality of care while reducing cost to the system.

Open Physician-Scientist Faculty Position in Laboratory Medicine at Yale.

The Virus and Other Infection-associated Cancers Research Program is proud to welcome Ellen Foxman, MD, PhD, to its program.