Yale University
A new method for picking the 'right' egg in IVF
(Medical Xpress) -- In a groundbreaking study, Yale School of Medicine researchers and colleagues at the University of Oxford have identified the chromosomal make-up of a human egg. This discovery may soon ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Preventing diabetes: Researchers measure loss of human pancreas cells
(Medical Xpress) -- A Yale University-led research team has developed a way to measure the loss of insulin-producing islet cells in the human pancreas. The death of those beta cells leads to diabetes. The ...
Medical research
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Handful of genetic changes led to huge changes to human brain
Changes to just three genetic letters among billions led to evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory network, and laid the groundwork for the defining characteristics of the human brain, Yale ...
Genetics
May 30, 2012 |
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Revised sugar labeling needed to protect consumers, says scientist
(Medical Xpress) -- Noting that consumers have little guidance to help them make informed choices about added sugar, Yale Rudd Center researcher Jennifer Pomeranz contends that putting more information about ...
Health
May 30, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles cut off 'addicted' tumors from source of their survival
(Medical Xpress) -- Yale biologists and engineers have designed drug-loaded nanoparticles that target the soft underbelly of many types of cancer — a tiny gene product that tumors depend upon to replicate ...
Cancer
May 28, 2012 |
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Aggressively controlling glucose levels may not reduce kidney failure in Type 2 diabetes
A review of data from seven clinical trials suggests that intensive glucose control is associated with reduced risk of microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria (conditions characterized by excessive levels of protein in the ...
Diabetes
May 28, 2012 |
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Antidepressants -- not depression -- increase risk of preterm birth, study shows
(Medical Xpress) -- Women who are depressed during pregnancy are not at higher risk of giving birth prematurely than non-depressed women — but those who take antidepressants during pregnancy seem ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
May 28, 2012 |
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Genetic marker may help predict risk of ovarian cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Four of 10 women diagnosed with both ovarian and breast cancer possess a variant of a known-cancer causing gene, a new study published May 25 in the online journal PLoS One confirms.
Cancer
May 28, 2012 |
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A revealing hand
What did you have for lunch yesterday? How many times a month do you eat nuts? How about your kids -- how many servings of vegetables did they consume today?
Medical research
May 24, 2012 |
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Stopping cell migration may help block fibrosis and the spread of cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Discoveries by a Yale-led team of scientists could lead the way for development of new therapies for treating fibrosis and tumor metastasis. The researchers have both uncovered a signaling ...
Medical research
May 21, 2012 |
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Oxytocin improves brain function in children with autism
(Medical Xpress) -- Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin — a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout ...
Autism spectrum disorders
May 21, 2012 |
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In drug-approval race, US FDA ahead of Canada, Europe
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) generally approves drug therapies faster and earlier than its counterparts in Canada and Europe, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. The study counters ...
Medications
May 16, 2012 |
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Study discovers unexpected source of diabetic neuropathy pain
Nearly half of all diabetics suffer from neuropathic pain, an intractable, agonizing and still mysterious companion of the disease. Now Yale researchers have identified an unexpected source of the pain and a potential target ...
Diabetes
May 15, 2012 |
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Evolution's gift may also be at the root of a form of autism
A recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in a disorder associated with autism and learning disabilities, a new study by Yale University researchers ...
Genetics
May 10, 2012 |
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Hospitals performing expensive heart procedures are more costly for all patients
Hospitals that perform expensive, invasive cardiovascular procedures on a disproportionate number of patients are more costly for all heart failure patients, including those treated with noninvasive methods, according to ...
Cardiology
May 10, 2012 |
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