Research

Yale researchers have introduced countless medical and health advances over the last century, including the first success with antibiotics in the United States and the first use of chemotherapy to treat cancer. University scientists have been responsible for the identification of Lyme disease and the discovery of genes responsible for high blood pressure, osteoporosis, dyslexia, and Tourette's syndrome, among other disorders. Early work on the artificial heart and the creation of the first insulin pump took place at Yale, as did seminal discoveries about how the cell and its components function at the molecular level. Today, research activities take place in a wide range of departments, programs, and centers.

The School of Medicine has extraordinary strength in the basic sciences and consistently ranks in the top handful of medical school receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health. Yale scientists have made seminal discoveries in the fields of Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Comparative Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Genetics, History of Medicine, Immunobiology, Microbial Pathogenesis, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Neurobiology and Pharmacology.

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Coming Undone: How Stress Unravels the Brain's Structure

The helpless behavior that is commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related losses of synapses - microscopic connections between brain cells - in the brain's hippocampal region, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the March 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry. more…

Genetic Variants Linked to the Paranoia of Cocaine Addicts

Yale scientists and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have discovered genetic variants that increase the risk of paranoia in cocaine addicts and also seem to affect risk for cocaine dependence itself, although most of the molecular culprits that make some people more susceptible to cocaine dependence remain elusive. more…

One Drug May Help People Both Lay Down the Drink and Put Out the Cigarette

A popular smoking cessation drug dramatically reduced the amount a heavy drinker will consume, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found. more…