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Yale Researchers Track the Lifespan and Myriad Functions of mRNA
New research sheds light on how mRNAs are born and how they regulate production of proteins inside of our cells once they reach maturity. The findings have implications not only for achieving effective doses for new vaccines, but for helping determine the biological roots of many cancers and diseases.
Source: Hathaway
26 Jan 2022
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Clearing Up Omicron Confusion
Yale public health expert Albert Ko addresses misconceptions about the Omicron variant.
25 Jan 2022
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Newly Recruited Scientists Bring Innovative Imaging Technology to YSM
Enhanced FIB-SEM has enabled discoveries in tissue biology, cell biology, and the connectome—the system of neural pathways in the brain. Recently, it enabled an open-access high-resolution 3D atlas of whole cells and tissues, from cancer and immune cells to mouse pancreatic islets and Drosophila neural tissues.
18 Jan 2022
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Wearable Air Sampler Detects Personal Exposure to SARS-CoV-2
Yale School of Public Health researchers have developed a passive air sampler clip that can help assess personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
18 Jan 2022
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COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Surge Among Children
For those eligible, vaccination remains the best defense, doctors say.
Source: Yale Medicine
14 Jan 2022
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You’re Pregnant: Is It Safe To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
A new study of more than 46,000 pregnant women shows that COVID-19 vaccination does not increase the risk of delivering a premature baby or of having a baby born smaller than expected—both of which are linked to higher chances of infant death and disability.
Source: Yale Medicine
7 Jan 2022
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Another Vaccine Crisis: Rise in Missed Doses May Portend Return of Measles
An increase in missed vaccinations and lower rates of outbreak surveillance, which also decreased in 2020, put regional measles elimination at risk, public health leaders say.
Source: YaleNews
5 Jan 2022
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COVID-19 Vaccine Does Not Increase Risk of Preterm Birth
A Yale co-led study, which looked at more than 40,000 pregnant individuals, adds new evidence supporting the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.
Source: YaleNews
4 Jan 2022
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Nasal Vaccination May Protect Against Respiratory Viruses Better Than Injected Vaccines
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, discusses her lab's finding that intranasal vaccinations, by triggering immune properties of mucosal membranes, may offer better protection against respiratory viruses than injected vaccines.
21 Dec 2021
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Inflammation: New Approaches by Yale Immunobiologist
The entire field of inflammation biology is transforming as immunobiologists realize that the phenomenon is much more pervasive than originally thought.
21 Dec 2021
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Nakasone Prize Won By Arthur Horwich, MD
The HFSP Nakasone Award is designated for scientists whose work has led to significant breakthroughs in the life sciences. It was named after Japan’s former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who believed in the importance of international collaboration for the advancement of science.
10 Dec 2021
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Talk Between Immune Cells Could Lead to New Cancer Vaccine
Yale scientists have helped identify crucial ways that immune system cells congregate and communicate with each other to identify and eradicate tumors, a finding that might lead to new therapies.
Source: YaleNews
9 Dec 2021
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Severe Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases Drive Urgency of Boosters
Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections tend to be mild, but new Yale research shows that more older adults have developed severe breakthrough cases during the Delta variant phase of the pandemic, particularly after a longer period of time had elapsed since their last vaccination.
Source: YaleNews
3 Dec 2021
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Omicron Anxiety? Here’s a Guide to What We Know Now
Experts are watching the data around the new coronavirus variant.
Source: Yale Medicine
3 Dec 2021
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Viruses and Cancer: A 45-year Legacy of Research and Collaboration
When Daniel DiMaio, MD, PhD, Joan Steitz, PhD, and I. George Miller, MD, pooled their talents to put together a 400-page application to the NIH back in 1975 they never imagined it would became the longest-running program project grant at Yale, and the third longest at the NIH.
1 Dec 2021
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Vaccine Clinic Offers Choice and Reassurance to New Haven Children
Corinne Scott, 8, and Chidera Ogbuagu, 10, lined up at a vaccine clinic at Elm City Montessori School in New Haven on November 6th. Helping children like Chidera and Corinne feel good about getting vaccinated is a key part of the vaccine effort’s broader success.
22 Nov 2021
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Novel Lyme Vaccine Shows Promise
Instead of triggering an immune response against a particular pathogen, the new vaccine prompts a quick response in the skin to components of tick saliva, limiting the time ticks have to feed and infect the host, a study shows. The vaccine is delivered by the same mRNA technology that has proved so effective against COVID-19.
Source: YaleNews
17 Nov 2021
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New Grant Supports Early-career Faculty Facing Pandemic-related Challenges
COVID-19 introduced more obstacles to an already challenging career path. As the pandemic forced labs to shut down across campus and children to transition to at-home learning, early-career faculty faced a growing number of new stressors.
17 Nov 2021
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Immune System Early Responder Can Combat COVID-19
A simple RNA molecule jumpstarts the immune system’s “first responders” to viral infection and can even eradicate the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mice with chronic cases of COVID-19, a new Yale School of Medicine study finds.
Source: YaleNews
15 Nov 2021
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$13 Million Grant to Study Malignant Brain Tumors Awarded to YSPH Researcher and Colleagues
A team of scientists led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has received a $13 million grant to investigate the molecular evolution of lower grade gliomas, slow growing but malignant brain tumors that primarily affect young adults.
2 Nov 2021