Spinal cord injuries can cause serious damage to a person’s motor functions. To make matters worse, the spinal cord is one of the few parts of the body without the ability to repair itself. Recently, scientists at Yale University attempted to repair the injured spinal cords of … [Read more...] about Yale scientists use patients’ own stem cells to repair injured spinal cords
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Yale study: E-waste in the US on the decline in recent years
In an age when most of us can’t imagine life without technological devices, it comes as a pleasant surprise that a recent Yale study has found that the amount of e-waste generated by Americans has been declining in recent years. Conducted by researchers at the Yale School of the … [Read more...] about Yale study: E-waste in the US on the decline in recent years
You can now take Yale’s most popular class online for free
What is the most popular class at one of the world’s most prestigious schools? At Yale, the most popular course on campus is not in engineering or medicine, but psychology. Professor Laurie Santos’ “Psychology and the Good Life” course explores what it means to truly live a happy … [Read more...] about You can now take Yale’s most popular class online for free
Yale scientists discover potential off-switch for type-2 diabetes
At Yale University, scientists have been studying how fasting can drive the onset of type-2 diabetes. From this research, the scientists have unearthed a novel way of intervening and switching off the process that leads to type-2 diabetes. The research is described in a pair of … [Read more...] about Yale scientists discover potential off-switch for type-2 diabetes
Yale researchers say it could soon be possible to regenerate organs
Serious lung disease has a high rate of mortality, and the only curative treatment is a lung transplant. This is a complicated procedure that has other adverse health effects and oftentimes simply doesn't work, so for scientists in this field, organ regeneration—that is, growing … [Read more...] about Yale researchers say it could soon be possible to regenerate organs