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<lastBuildDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:00 EST</lastBuildDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Parent Training Key to Improved Treatment of Behavior Problems in Children With Autism]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7107</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The serious behavior problems that can occur in children with autism and related conditions can be reduced with a treatment plan that includes medication combined with a structured training program for parents, according to Yale University researchers and their colleagues.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For Dean Alpern, Making Science the ‘Language of Medicine’ Is a Priority]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7089</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Robert J. Alpern is about to begin his second five-year term as dean of the Yale School of Medicine.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Research Revolution Underway at West Campus]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7102</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the center of the sprawling 136-acre West Campus are three buildings that will house scientists who are using three distinct technologies yet who share an underlying mission: transforming the way biological research is conducted at Yale.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On the Trail of a Vaccine for Lyme Disease: Yale Researchers Target Tick Saliva]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7083</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host &amp; Microbe, may spur development of a new vaccine against infection from Lyme disease, which is spread through tick bites.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Culprit for Viral Infections Among Elderly—An Overactive Immune Response]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7085</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that exaggerated responses of the immune system explain why the elderly succumb to viral infections more readily than younger people. Published in the November 19 Cell Host &amp; Microbe, the study bucks the general belief that declining immune responses are to blame for susceptibility to viral infections.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Cancer Center Experts Available to Speak on Controversial New Guidelines for Mammograms and Breast Self-Examination]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7086</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:42:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yale is offering breast cancer experts from the Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven to speak on the controversial new guidelines on who should get mammograms, and the effectiveness of breast self-examination.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Finding a Protective Mechanism for Retinal Cells Could Save Sight]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7084</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:07:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November issue of Investigative Ophthalmology &amp; Visual Science.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Neurosurgery Resident’s Book Helps Ease Youths’ Fears About Brain Surgery]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7069</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Parker has no appetite even for his favorite food - strawberry ice cream cones - because his head and belly don't feel well at all.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Six Universities Adopt New Technology Transfer Principles Designed to Speed Access to Affordable Medicines in the Developing World]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7067</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:19:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A consortium of six leading research universities and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) today announced their endorsement of a far-reaching &ldquo;Statement of Principles and Strategies for the Equitable Dissemination of Medical Technologies&rdquo; in the developing world.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yale Team Reveals How Immune System Gets Primed for Battle]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7060</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a study that sheds light on the inner workings of the immune system, a Yale-led team of researchers has revealed hidden details of how CD4+ T helper cells mobilize the body&rsquo;s immune system to fight infection. The research appears in the November 9 Advance Online Publication of Nature.com.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Effects of Combat on Returning Female Veterans Focus of Fippinger Grant]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7064</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:02:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do female combat veterans have more problems adjusting to civilian life than males? In one of the first studies of its kind, Women&rsquo;s Health Research at Yale will launch a collaborative study to identify gender differences among returning soldiers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grey Reappointed as Nursing School Dean]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7047</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Margaret Grey has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Yale University School of Nursing (YSN), effective July 1, President Richard C. Levin has announced.]]></description>
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