$5 million grant funds dyslexia study
Probing the ‘lexinome’ in hopes of a genetic test for reading disorders
Jeffrey R. Gruen, M.D., a School of Medicine scientist whose discovery of a gene involved in dyslexia was named one of the top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2005 by the journal Science, has received a $5.2 million grant from the New York-based Manton Foundation to further his research on the genetics of dyslexia.The Manton Foundation was established in 1991 by Sir Edwin Manton and his wife, Lady Manton, the former Florence V. Brewer. Born in England in 1909, Edwin Manton, known to friends and...
Doing the right thing: can neuroscience research make it easier?
Despite the health risks, about 1.1 billion people smoke tobacco worldwide, and cigarette manufacturers spend more than...
Philanthropists aid a young scientist’s innovative research
Alison P. Galvani, Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, who at age 29 was...
Finding new ways to calm storms in the brain
For more than four decades, the Yale Epilepsy Program has led the way in research
Newest research building is recognized for environmental features
The research building at 10 Amistad Street in New Haven has been awarded the LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green...
Not just weight loss: the new stomach surgery
Bariatric surgery, long a popular operation for patients who want to lose weight, has gained some weight of its own in...
Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine
May/June 2008FederalSerap Aksoy, NIH, Tsetse–Trypanosome Interaction, 2 years, $454,221Jeffrey Bender, NIH, Molecular...
Yale physician–scientist advances the genetics of inflammatory bowel disease
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