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Gene-hunters search the world for treatments
Genetic disease research is a global enterprise in the post-genomic era
Yale researchers are going to the ends of the earth to find the genetic causes of human disease. The inspiration for their globetrotting comes from the work of Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., chair and Sterling Professor of Genetics, who has pioneered the discovery of...
Implant lets patients put the best foot forward
All of us seem to know someone who has had a hip replacement or knee replacement (if not two). But the ankle’s position in the hierarchy of artificial joints corresponds roughly to its location at the bottom of the...
Family sharing a risky mutation now shares newfound hope
Last June, Beverly Block Lewis, part of a family of cattle farmers from Monroe, Conn., learned that she had medullary thyroid cancer. Her Yale surgeon, Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., who specializes in treating the disease,...
Student-run auction benefits seven New Haven-area charities
The annual student-run Hunger and Homelessness Auction, held last November, raised $30,000 for seven area charities. According to Barbara Hirschman, a second-year M.D./Ph.D. student and one of the auction’s two...
Awards support research on health disparities, depression
Two research projects by Yale School of Medicine investigators—one on health care disparities, and the other on depression—have been given a boost with five-year, $600,000 awards from the West Hartford, Conn.-based...
Advances
Raising a flag is a good way to send a message. In fact, that’s all it takes for a stressed-out,...
Read more...Early treatment could quiet epilepsy
Epilepsy can be controlled by medication, but not cured. Scientists have wondered whether early...
Read more...Running depression out of our lives
Feeling down? Go for a run and put your genes to work. According to a new Yale study, the...
Read more...Arthritis therapy stops diabetes in its tracks
In type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, the T cells of the immune system attack the cells of the...
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