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Using a Virus to Jump Start the Heart

Using a Virus to Jump Start the Heart

Grace Cao May 11, 2013 0

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

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A New Weapon in the Fight Against Disease: Diagnosing Malaria with Magnets

A New Weapon in the Fight Against Disease: Diagnosing Malaria with Magnets

Brendan Shi May 11, 2013 0

An ingenious, easy-to-use diagnostic device developed by Vanderbilt professor Dr. Rick Haselton could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria.

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Yale Researchers Receive the Vilcek Prize

Yale Researchers Receive the Vilcek Prize

Jiahe Gu May 11, 2013 0

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

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Of Mice and Men: The Mouse as a Model for Human Disease

Of Mice and Men: The Mouse as a Model for Human Disease

Grace Cao April 5, 2013 0

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

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Nanochannels: Yale Engineers Design the First Functional Artificial Ion Channel

Nanochannels: Yale Engineers Design the First Functional Artificial Ion Channel

Jiahe Gu March 31, 2013 3

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

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Microbots: Using Nanotechnology In Medicine

Microbots: Using Nanotechnology In Medicine

Jenna Kainic February 5, 2013 1

Scientists and doctors are developing tiny robots that can find targets, deliver drugs, and monitor the body

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From Engineering to Entrepreneurship: Jonathan Rothberg, Ph.D. Biology ’91

From Engineering to Entrepreneurship: Jonathan Rothberg, Ph.D. Biology ’91

Joshua Ryu February 4, 2013 0

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

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Yale iGEM Advances Innovation to World Stage

Yale iGEM Advances Innovation to World Stage

Yale Scientific Magazine December 5, 2012 0

The Yale iGEM team has advanced to the iGEM World Championships with their project using naturally-competent bacteria to improve artificial selection methods

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Copy, Paste, Print…Kidney?

Copy, Paste, Print…Kidney?

Adam Morehead November 4, 2012 0

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

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What Am I Eating? The Infiltration of Genetically Modified Foods

What Am I Eating? The Infiltration of Genetically Modified Foods

Walter Hsiang May 9, 2012 0

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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