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Pfizer and Yale join forces for research and education
Like many enterprises with international reach, Pfizer Inc. makes its corporate home in New York. But the company has deep roots in southeastern Connecticut, having built what was then the world’s largest manufacturing plant for antibiotics in Groton in 1946.Today,...
Analysis of genome reveals clues to macular degeneration
Biomedical research into the genetic basis of disease has progressed at a rapid clip since the sequence of the human genome was announced in 2000, but March 10 saw the scientific equivalent of a triple play.Three...
Vaccinating wildlife suggests a new strategy in continuing battle against Lyme disease
In the summer of 1975, children from the rural towns near Lyme, Conn., began developing an odd type of arthritis. Yale rheumatologists Allen Steere, M.D., and Stephen Malawista, M.D., were called in to investigate, and...
A heart is repaired, the patient grows up
Congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common of birth defects, affects more than 32,000 children born in the United States each year. Three decades ago, many of these children would have died shortly after birth, but...
More integrated care for cancer patients, collaboration of scientists and clinicians are goals of proposed new YNHH building
According to Yale-New Haven Hospital President and CEO Joseph A. Zaccagnino, M.P.H., the hospital’s planned new pavilion for cancer care is one of the biggest projects ever proposed in New Haven. The facility’s impact...
A long, fruitful collaboration: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Yale
Continuing a partnership with the School of Medicine that was forged more than 30 years ago, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has renewed its fellowship support for graduate students in the Combined Program in the...
Drive to cure blindness hits $5 million
The Medical School’s Anlyan Center was graced with white linen and fresh flowers at a March celebration to mark the successful completion of a five-year, $5 million campaign to build a new center for macular...
Class of 1954 makes a lasting impact with scholarship gift
The School of Medicine’s Class of 1954, the last of the “small classes” of 65 students, is a tight-knit group. Through the years, class members have kept in touch via birthday cards and holiday greetings. Until his...
Advances
Salmonella “syringe” ready for its close-up
Salmonella bacteria are tiny, but they wreak mighty havoc on human health, causing serious,...
Read more...Possible cancer inhibitor found in worm study
Yale scientists studying the microscopic worm C. elegans have discovered a cellular brake on a gene...
Read more...New test easier for patients to swallow
Physicians at the Yale Medical Group (YMG) are using a remarkable new procedure to diagnose...
Read more...Study finds payoff in wider HIV testing
One of the deadliest features of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; micrograph at right) is its...
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