The US Spends $200 Billion Each Year on Cancer Care – We Might Not Be Getting Our Money’s Worth
The high cost of cancer treatment in the US does not lower fatality rates According to a recent study by researchers at Yale University and…
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A New Yale-Developed Model Could Lead to Improved Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity
A new model that will allow scientists to better study and treat metabolic illnesses Despite the fact that insulin was discovered more than a century…
High Cost of Cancer Care in the United States Doesn’t Reduce Mortality Rates
While the United States spends twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, its cancer mortality rates are only slightly better than…
New Research May Explain Unexpected Effects of Common Painkillers Including Ibuprofen and Aspirin
You might not recognize the term NSAID, which stands for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, but you are undoubtedly familiar with this class of medications which are…
Yale Research Identifies Causes of Cancer
Have you ever wondered, what makes a cell become a cancer cell instead of normal tissue? Was it because of exposure to UV light or…
Surprising Bacterial Nanowire Discovery May Lead to Living and Self-Repairing Electrical Circuits
Cooling Speeds Up Electrons in Bacterial Nanowires The ground beneath our feet and under the ocean floor is an electrically-charged grid created by bacteria “exhaling”…
Yale Scientists Discover Key Regulator of Body Weight
Yale researchers have uncovered a regulator of body weight that could lead to new treatments for metabolic disorders. Yale scientists have discovered that a protein…
Particle Physics Breakthrough: Scientists Report First-of-Its-Kind Neutrino Measurement
For the first time, physicists extracted the detailed “energy-dependent neutrino-argon interaction cross section,” a key value for studying how neutrinos change their flavor Physicists studying…
Yale Scientists “Supercharge” Tumor-Attacking T Cells To Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
Yale scientists have identified a way to “supercharge” tumor-attacking T cells, a finding that may not only improve the effectiveness of a promising type of…
Confessions of a Former Fireball: How Earth Transformed Itself From a Fiery Ball to a Habitable Planet
Researchers at Yale and Caltech have a bold new theory to explain how Earth transformed itself from a fiery, carbon-clouded ball of rocks into a…
Hail to the Squid – New Species of Extinct Vampire-Squid-Like Cephalopod With 10 Arms Named After Biden
Hail to the squid — A vampyropod fit for a president Researchers at Yale and the American Museum of Natural History have identified the earliest…
Data Analysis Tool From Yale Uncovers Important COVID-19 Clues
A new data analysis tool developed by Yale researchers has revealed the specific immune cell types associated with increased risk of death from COVID-19, they…
Key Protein Identified That Could Be Harnessed to Extend Healthy Lifespan in Humans
Decades of research has shown that limits on calorie intake by flies, worms, and mice can enhance life span in laboratory conditions. But whether such…
COVID-19 Vaccine Used in Much of the World No Match for Omicron Variant
Millions of people around the world have received two shots of Sinovac, a Chinese-manufactured inactive vaccine that is used in 48 countries to help reduce…
A Crabs-Eye View of the Ancient World – Unusually Large Optical Features on 95-Million-Year-Old Crab Fossil
Their legs may get more attention, but a new study says a crab’s eyes have much to offer, too — at least scientifically. Writing in…
New Study Finds That COVID-19 Vaccine Does Not Increase Risk of Preterm Birth
Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31% of pregnant people in the United States had…
New Generation of Synthetic Solar Fuel Catalysts: A Superstar Enzyme Is Ready for Its Close-Up
A Yale-led team of chemists has unveiled the blueprints for a key enzyme that may contain design principles for a new generation of synthetic solar…
Future Hurricanes and Typhoons Will Roam Over More of the Earth
A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which includes major cities such as…
