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Path to a Nobel: Yale Stop Critical for Gene Editing Pioneer
“It was never a matter of if she would win the Nobel Prize,” Joan Steitz said. “It was a matter of when.”
Source: YaleNews
12 Oct 2020
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John N. Forrest, Jr. Prize Honors His Legacy by Honoring Mentors
With funding from more than 30 donors, YSM will recognize exceptional faculty mentors each spring by awarding the John N. Forrest, Jr., Prize for Mentorship in Student Research.
12 Oct 2020
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Two From Yale Are Named Allen Distinguished Investigators
Megan C. King, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, and Simon Mochrie, PhD, professor of physics and of applied physics, have been named Allen Distinguished Investigators by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Allen Institute.
8 Oct 2020
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$11.5M Grant Supports Study of Linkage To Community-Based Opioid Addiction and HIV Prevention and Treatment Services for Persons Released From Prison
$11.5M Grant Supports Study of Linkage To Community-Based Opioid Addiction and HIV Prevention and Treatment Services For Persons Released From Prison
5 Oct 2020
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NIH Supports Two Yale-based Projects to Address COVID-19 Population Disparities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has provided research support to two members of the Yale School of Medicine faculty through its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative, which seeks to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing.
1 Oct 2020
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Yale Trial Validates Immunotherapy Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The immunotherapy drug atezolizumab improves survival over standard chemotherapy for many patients with newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer, according to a new study led by Yale Cancer Center researchers
30 Sep 2020
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Yale Designates Labs in Three States to Provide SalivaDirect™ COVID-19 Test
Three independent laboratories will now join Yale Pathology Labs as facilities authorized to perform the university-developed SalivaDirect™ COVID-19 test. The laboratories will make SalivaDirect™ available to people in Florida, Minnesota, and New York.
Source: YaleNews
24 Sep 2020
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Yale Cancer Center Awarded NIH SPORE for Head and Neck Cancer Research
Yale Cancer Center researchers were awarded a five-year, $11.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund the Yale Head and Neck Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence .
24 Sep 2020
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Yale Partners With Connecticut Department of Education to Launch Instructional COVID-19 Website
A group of volunteers from Yale School of Medicine and educators across the state have come together in a collaboration to create COV-Ed, an online resource tool for educators and students to learn about the challenges of the pandemic.
18 Sep 2020
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Yale Researchers to Lead $52M Investigation Into Cause, Effect of Schizophrenia in Some High-risk Adolescents
Researchers with the Yale Department of Psychiatry will lead an international study to better understand the cause and effect of schizophrenia in some high-risk adolescents and young adults.
16 Sep 2020
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Drugging the Undruggable: Yale Finds Treatment Path for Muscular Dystrophy
Researchers at Yale have identified a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disease for which there is currently no cure or treatment, by targeting an enzyme that had been considered “undruggable.”
Source: YaleNews
11 Sep 2020
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Collaboration Between Public Health and Pathology Is Testament to the Power of Teamwork in a Pandemic
The Yale-developed SalivaDirect test for COVID-19 came into reality with a large boost from Yale School of Medicine's Department of Pathology.
11 Sep 2020
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Five Reasons To Get the Flu Shot—Especially This Year
It is a powerful tool against flu and, indirectly, COVID-19.
Source: Yale Medicine
11 Sep 2020
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Yale Researchers Find a Cause and Possible Treatment for Fragile X
Fragile X syndrome is a leading cause of autism and the primary genetic driver of intellectual disability.
Source: YaleNews
8 Sep 2020
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Common Cold Combats Influenza
The findings help answer a mystery surrounding the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic: An expected surge in swine flu cases never materialized in Europe during the fall, a period when the common cold becomes widespread.
Source: YaleNews
4 Sep 2020
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Sex Differences in COVID-19 Immune Responses Affect Patient Outcomes
Investigators funded by Women’s Health Research at Yale have identified significant differences in how the immune systems of women and men respond to the virus that causes COVID-19.
26 Aug 2020
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Daniel DiMaio Receives Prestigious NCI Outstanding Investigator Award
The National Cancer Institute has named Daniel DiMaio, MD, PhD, a recipient of its Outstanding Investigator Award.
21 Aug 2020
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Is Saliva Testing Better? Five Things To Know About the New COVID-19 Test
Yale researchers have developed a saliva-based COVID-19 test method that health officials are calling a “game-changer.”
Source: Yale Medicine
20 Aug 2020
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Quick and Affordable Saliva-based COVID-19 Test Developed by Yale Scientists Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
A saliva-based laboratory diagnostic test developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health to determine whether someone is infected with the novel coronavirus has been granted an emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Source: YaleNews
15 Aug 2020
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Obesity Emerges as Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19 Illness
Yale Medicine physicians explain how obesity may heighten chance of severe disease.
Source: Yale Medicine
11 Aug 2020