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Research Suggests Avenues Toward Gene Therapies for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common potentially lethal genetic disease—about a half million people in the United States alone suffer from the condition.

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Patients’ Race From Their Medical Images

Study shows AI can identify self-reported race from medical images that contain no indications of race detectable by human experts.

Early in mpox Outbreak, Access to Vaccines Was Unequal Across Racial Groups

Yale researchers found mpox vaccine distribution was in proportion to cases at the peak of the outbreak, but Black and Hispanic populations had less access.

Researchers Unveil A Secret Of Stronger Metals

Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.

Uncovering The Mental Health Impacts Of COVID-19 In Low- And Middle-Income Countries

A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Mushfiq Mobarak investigated how mental health fared after the pandemic arrived in eight low- and middle-income countries, and found signs of a sharp, and lasting, deterioration. Now he is training his sights on possible solutions.

Toward Customizable Timber, Grown In A Lab

Researchers show they can control the properties of lab-grown plant material, which could enable the production of wood products with little waste.

MIT Engineers Boost Signals From Fluorescent Sensors

The advance allows the particles to be placed deeper within biological tissue, which could aid with cancer diagnosis or monitoring.

SMART Researchers Enable Early-Stage Detection Of Microbial Contamination In Cell Therapy

Rapid and accurate analytical test method enhances the production of high-quality cell therapy products.

Higher Lithium Levels in Drinking Water May Raise Autism Risk

For the first time, researchers report a possible link between autism disorder and lithium in drinking water

Molecules Found In Mucus Can Thwart Fungal Infection

Harnessing the strength of these specialized sugar molecules could help researchers develop new antifungal drugs.

Hallucinating To Better Text Translation

A machine-learning method imagines what a sentence visually looks like, to situate and ground its semantics in the real world, improving translation, like humans can.

21 Million Americans May Take A Hypothyroidism Drug They Don’t Need

As many as 90 percent of those who take levothyroxine [Synthroid] may have been unnecessarily prescribed the hypothyroidism medication.

Faster Computing Results Without Fear Of Errors

Researchers developed a new system that can make computer programs run faster, while guaranteeing accuracy.

Researchers Discover A New Hardware Vulnerability In The Apple M1 Chip

CSAIL scientists’ novel hardware attack against the Apple M1 chip defeats the last line of security while leaving no trace.

Understanding The Links Between US-China Trade and Inequality

A review of new findings on the links between US-China trade and inequality

Diagnosing Pulmonary Hypertension Through Non-Invasive Methods

Pulmonary hypertension, or high blood pressure in the lungs, is a common complication of interstitial lung disease, an array of conditions that cause scarring of the lungs.

Yale-Led Team Creates Comprehensive Resource for Impact of Genomic Variants

Each person has about 4 million sequence differences in their genome relative to the reference human genome.

Study Links Hard-Right Social Media With Incidents Of Civil Unrest

A new Yale-led study finds evidence that social media activity on hard-right platforms contributes to political unrest offline.

Partisanship And Blame in The Early Days Of COVID-19

On Jan. 20, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first American, laboratory-confirmed case of what would eventually be called COVID-19.

Yale, VA Researchers Develop New Health Metric for Veterans

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have developed an alternative method to measure quality of life in veterans who seek weight management, eating disorder, and nutrition services.