Neuroscience
Sugar molecule found in breast milk boosts infant brain development
Breast milk is not simply sustenance. It also is rich in micronutrients that are critical for healthy brain development in infants.
Jul 13, 2023
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Yale University
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists develop new gene delivery and immune cell engineering technology for future cancer cell therapies
Scientists at Yale have developed a new gene delivery and immune cell engineering technology with the potential to advance cell therapies for cancer and other diseases.
Jul 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Combination cancer therapies can shrink tumors and improve outcome in advanced non-small lung cancer: Clinical trial
While pembrolizumab is an approved treatment for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), only some patients respond to this therapy. Treatment failure, researchers say, is often caused by differences in ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
How the immune system can alter our behavior
Simply the smell of seafood can make those with an allergy to it violently ill—and therefore more likely to avoid it. The same avoidance behavior is exhibited by people who develop food poisoning after eating a certain ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Eliminating extra chromosomes in cancer cells prevents tumor growth, new study reveals
Cancer cells with extra chromosomes depend on those chromosomes for tumor growth, a new Yale study reveals, and eliminating them prevents the cells from forming tumors. The findings, said the researchers, suggest that selectively ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Neuroscience
New tool allows researchers to compare maps of brain connectivity built on different atlases
The ability to map connections between different regions of the brain has helped scientists better understand the brain's relationship to behavior, how brains differ between people, and how they're affected by disease. These ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anti-LGBTQ+ policies linked to depression in Black and Latinx youth
Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ youth living in U.S. states with discriminatory policies, such as "Don't Say Gay" laws, are more likely to be depressed than their peers in the most LGBTQ+-affirming states, according to new research ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Medical research
Women found to transition to independent research grants at lower rates than men
The transition from mentored to independent research is an important career junction for biomedical researchers. A new Yale-led study finds that women researchers in the United States reach that point at lower rates than ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Medications
Q&A: Dermatologist discusses FDA approval for alopecia areata treatment
Just a year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first treatment for severe alopecia areata, the federal agency has approved a second treatment for the disfiguring skin disease—both the result ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Liver fibrosis linked to reduced cognitive ability and brain volume
Yale researchers have found that liver fibrosis—scarring of the liver tissue that occurs in many chronic liver diseases—is associated with reduce cognitive ability and, in certain regions of the brain, reduced brain volume. ...
Jun 26, 2023
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