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Prematurity More Accurately Predicted by Advances in Proteomic Technology

Abnormal proteins in amniotic fluid that signal a higher risk of delivering prematurely are being detected with increasing accuracy by Yale School of Medicine researchers who presented their work in two abstracts at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference February 8 in San Francisco.
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3-D Ultrasound Identifies Women at Risk for Impending Preterm Birth

To help physicians non-invasively identify women at risk for preterm birth, 3-D ultrasound was used to measure the size of fetal adrenal glands, according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference February 8 in San Francisco.
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Breakthrough in Nanodevice Synthesis Revolutionizes Biological Sensors

A novel approach to synthesizing nanowires (NWs) allows their direct integration with microelectronic systems for the first time, as well as their ability to act as highly sensitive biomolecule detectors that could revolutionize biological diagnostic applications, according to a report in Nature.
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Inadequate Communication Reduces Benefits of Mammogram Screening for Black Women

Black women may not get the full benefits of mammogram screenings because the results are not adequately communicated, according to a new study by Yale Public Health researchers in the March issue of American Journal of Public Health.
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Potentially Pathogenic Virus Found in Mad Cow Cells

The alternative view that a virus causes spongiform encephalopathies of the brain, such as “mad cow” and Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) disease, rather than prion proteins, which are normally produced throughout life, is bolstered in a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.
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YSM Publications

Yale Medicine
Water is life

The 500,000 inhabitants of the Azawak plains of Niger wage a daily struggle to find enough water for their basic needs. Through her photographs, an alumna of epidemiology and public health hopes to draw attention to their plight and improve their lives.
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Yale Medicine
Little mouse, big science

How fruit fly geneticist Tian Xu is transforming the mouse into a genetics workhorse to reveal the causes of human disease.
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Yale Practice
Challenge and Change in 2007

David J. Leffell, MD and director of the Yale Medical Group looks forward into 2007 and highlights some of the exciting challenges and opportunities that the practice will face in the next 12 months.
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Medicine@Yale
Following in his father’s footsteps

Carrying on a philanthropic tradition begun by his late father, Adrian C. “Ace” Israel, investor and Yale alumnus Thomas C. Israel has made an unrestricted gift of $5 million to the School of Medicine.
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