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Using a Virus to Jump Start the Heart
Viruses are often considered harmful, but new viral gene therapy techniques may soon be applied to help patients with heart conditions. Using viruses, researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have found a way to
Read More »A New Weapon in the Fight Against Disease: Diagnosing Malaria with Magnets
An ingenious, easy-to-use diagnostic device developed by Vanderbilt professor Dr. Rick Haselton could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria.
Read More »Yale Researchers Receive the Vilcek Prize
Professors Richard A. Flavell and Ruslan M. Medzhitov of the Yale Department of Immunobiology have been selected to receive the 2013 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Read More »Of Mice and Men: The Mouse as a Model for Human Disease
For over a century, the mouse has been used as a model for human disease, leading to countless insights into human health. Virtually all clinical treatments must first be validated in the mouse before
Read More »Nanochannels: Yale Engineers Design the First Functional Artificial Ion Channel
A team in the Yale Electrical Engineering Department has successfully developed a microscopic device that imitates ion channels, which are structures in biological membranes that control ion flow. This device helps us better understand
Read More »Microbots: Using Nanotechnology In Medicine
Scientists and doctors are developing tiny robots that can find targets, deliver drugs, and monitor the body
Read More »From Engineering to Entrepreneurship: Jonathan Rothberg, Ph.D. Biology ’91
Dr. Jonathan M. Rothberg, the founder and CEO of Ion Torrent division of Life Technology, spearheaded technological advances in human genome sequencing as an entrepreneur and a scientist
Read More »Yale iGEM Advances Innovation to World Stage
The Yale iGEM team has advanced to the iGEM World Championships with their project using naturally-competent bacteria to improve artificial selection methods
Read More »Copy, Paste, Print…Kidney?
The past decade has seen several advances in the technique and speed of regenerative medicine, the use of living cells to grow new organs for transplant
Read More »What Am I Eating? The Infiltration of Genetically Modified Foods
Most consumer products currently contain some components from genetically-modified organisms, but the health and environmental risks of these products are still unknown
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