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New ‘Pangenome’ Offers More Inclusive View of Human Genome

The expanded genetic reference, created by a research team that includes Yale scientists, will inform medical advances that benefit all ancestry groups.

How Stem Cells Organize Cellular Replacements

In a new study, Yale scientists reveal insights into how stem cells communicate with one another to coordinate the replacement of lost cells.

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As Pandemic Prison Populations Fell, Proportion of Black Prisoners Rose

Yale researchers, colleagues say pandemic rise in proportion of Black prisoners highlights racial disparities in sentencing.

Study Offers Insights into How COVID Variants Escape Immune System ‘Killers’

A new Yale study reveals insights into how Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus evade destruction by T cells.

Drug Slows Clinical Decline Of Patients With Early-Stage Alzheimer’s

An experimental dementia drug slowed clinical decline in people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in a phase 3 clinical trial, a new study shows.

Simple Nasal Swab Can Provide Early Warning Of Emerging Viruses

A new Yale-led study finds that testing for a single immune system molecule on nasal swabs can help detect stealthy viruses not identified in standard tests.

Why Eye Contact Is Different In Autism

Yale researchers have identified a specific region of the brain associated with the social symptomatology of autism using innovative new technology.

Swelling Along Brain’s Axons May Be True Culprit In Alzheimer’s Disease

Yale researchers have found that the disease’s debilitating symptoms may be the result of swelling caused by amyloid plaques in the brain.

Eyes offer a window into the mystery of human consciousness

A Yale study describes how our brains are capable of sorting through an avalanche of external stimuli to shape a sense of our surroundings.

Plant Study Hints Evolution May Be Predictable

Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process

Discovery of Lonely Tortoise Doubles Known Members of Galapagos Species

The discovery in 2019 of a lone small female tortoise living on one of the most inaccessible islands of the Galapagos Islands has baffled evolutionary biologists.

In Colorful Avian World, Hummingbirds Rule

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird species their rich colorful plumage, but nothing prepared him for what he found in hummingbirds.

The weed in winter: How plants detect seasonal changes

Plants know winter is coming. But exactly how they detect this seasonal change has never been clear.