Scientists are raising alarms about the potential risks of “mirror bacteria,” synthetic organisms composed of reversed molecular structures that could drastically impact ecological and global health if they were successfully created. Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD, explains the unprecedented risks.
The Department of Surgery announces that Alan Dardik, MD, PhD, Chief of Surgery at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Professor of Surgery and Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), will be stepping down from his Yale positions to pursue an exciting new leadership opportunity. Effective March 2025, Dr. Dardik will join the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Surgery and Co-Director of the Jacobson Aortic Center.
Our most abundant immune cells do more than just kill bacteria. Yale researchers have found that neutrophils are essential for building skin and barricading wounds from microbes.
Scientists at Yale School of Medicine think so, and an initiative funded by the Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation is supporting efforts to find out more about how inflammation and immune responses contribute to neurodegenerative diseases.
Yale New Haven Hospital has made a major breakthrough for reconstructive and lymphatic surgery patients by becoming the first in New England and fifth center in the United States to use the Symani Surgical System robot.
The Symani Surgical System robot designed to treat complex patient problems in the field of reconstructive surgery, lymphatic surgery, peripheral nerve repair and trauma. “Patients at Yale New Haven Hospital will now have access to the most advanced world-class treatment options through the use of the Symani robot,” said Bohdan Pomahac, MD, chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, YNHH and professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine.