Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Named Director of Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity for Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital

Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, has been appointed Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity for Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Smilow Cancer Hospital (SCH), as well as Chief Health Equity Officer & Deputy Chief Medical Officer,...
10-Jul-2020 6:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Yale Cancer Center Awarded NIH SPORE Renewal for Lung Cancer Research

Yale Cancer Center researchers were awarded a $11 million grant renewal from the National institutes of Health to fund the Yale Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Lung Cancer.
8-Jul-2020 9:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Müschen Named Inaugural Director of Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine

Markus Müschen, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the inaugural Director of the Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. Müschen will also be appointed Arthur H. and Isabel Bunker Professor of Medicine...
8-Jul-2020 9:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Shows Breast Cancer Detected Earlier in States with Expanded Medicaid Coverage

In a new study by Yale Cancer Center, researchers have demonstrated that in states with expanded Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a higher percentage of women with breast cancer had their disease diagnosed at an early stage....
28-Jun-2020 8:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Covid-19 Blood Clotting Cause Identified in Study

New findings led by Yale Cancer Center researchers and experts across several medical specialties at Yale identify a leading mechanism behind the pathophysiology of Covid-19 and pinpoint a biological marker for the mechanism that may aid in treating...
29-Jun-2020 1:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Validates Combination Therapy for Aggressive Endometrial Cancer

Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists have found that combining the targeted drug trastuzumab with chemotherapy significantly improves survival rates for women with a rare, aggressive form of endometrial cancer.
26-Jun-2020 12:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Yale Scientists Develop a New Experimental Method to Study Infection and Disease, Including COVID-19

Yale Cancer Center scientists have developed a new cell screening method for agents that alter biologic functions. This approach uses thousands of artificial proteins called “traptamers” and may help to answer research questions that are...
8-Jun-2020 2:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Scientists Reveal How Mutations in Metabolism Can Drive Cancers

Yale Cancer Center scientists have identified mutations in metabolite-producing genes as a disruption of DNA repair. These mutation-driven “oncometabolites” may make cells more prone to developing cancer—but also more vulnerable to new cancer...
1-Jun-2020 12:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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