https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-rss/?orgId=114536&title=Latest+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at Yan Lab en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Thu, 14 May 2026 21:26:06 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/yale-cancer-centers-crtec-hosts-cancer-research-discovery-program/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/yale-cancer-centers-crtec-hosts-cancer-research-discovery-program/ On February 6, 2026, YCC CRTEC welcomed students from Hill Regional Career High School to our Cancer Research Discovery Program (CRDP), a day designed to introduce them to careers in cancer research and medicine. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:00:00 Z https://patch.com/connecticut/hartford/ct-bhi-announces-recipients-2025-breast-cancer-research-education-grants https://patch.com/connecticut/hartford/ct-bhi-announces-recipients-2025-breast-cancer-research-education-grants The Connecticut Breast Health Initiative has announced the recipients of the 2025 Research and Education Grants, and recognized individuals receiving CTBHI Awards of Distinction for their efforts in support of the organization and their work raising funds to support breast cancer research. Sun, 19 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/y-age-symposium-draws-crowd-for-day-long-discussion-on-human-longevity/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/y-age-symposium-draws-crowd-for-day-long-discussion-on-human-longevity/ The second annual Y-Age Symposium hosted by the Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-Age) filled The Anlyan Center at Yale School of Medicine on October 13 as scientists and researchers from Yale and beyond discussed the growing fields of human longevity, geroscience, and the biology of aging. Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/national-cancer-research-month-with-dr-qin-yan/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/national-cancer-research-month-with-dr-qin-yan/ In honor of National Cancer Research Month, Dr. Qin Yan describes his research in epigenetics and two recent studies he is proudest of, both of which are pushing the field of epigenetics in cancer research forward. Fri, 23 May 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/new-research-presented-from-yale-cancer-center-at-aacr25/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/new-research-presented-from-yale-cancer-center-at-aacr25/ Yale Cancer Center faculty and trainees joined 22,000 cancer researchers from around the world to share the latest advances in cancer science and medicine earlier this week in Chicago for the 116th American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. Dr. Patricia LoRusso, Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine at Yale Cancer Center and AACR President for 2024-25, shared her global view on cancer. “Cancer is a global disease—it spares no continent, no country. And each patient that gets the disease deserves treatment.” Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/annual-yale-cancer-center-excellence-awards-2025/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/annual-yale-cancer-center-excellence-awards-2025/ Formerly called the Conclave Awards, the 2025 Spring Yale Cancer Center awards honored research, clinical expertise, and support staff at the Hotel Marcel, New Haven on April 1, 2025. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/a-genetic-screen-identifies-a-new-master-regulator-of-brain-metastasis/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/a-genetic-screen-identifies-a-new-master-regulator-of-brain-metastasis/ A new study from scientists at Yale School of Medicine has identified N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10), an enzyme highly expressed in brain metastasis, as a driver of brain metastasis. NAT10 primarily functions by adding acetyl groups to RNA molecules, regulating their function, stability or translation. Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:05:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/breast-cancer-research/ https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/breast-cancer-research/ Declines in the death rate for breast cancer have furthered overall progress in cancer mortality. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/grants-awarded-at-ycc-2024/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/grants-awarded-at-ycc-2024/ Institutional support, federal funding, philanthropy and grants are the support that make cancer research possible. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/qin-yan-phd-named-outstanding-investigator-by-american-society-of-investigative-pathology/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/qin-yan-phd-named-outstanding-investigator-by-american-society-of-investigative-pathology/ Qin Yan, PhD, Professor of Pathology, receives Outstanding Investigator Award from the American Society of Investigative Pathology. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/lung-adenocarcinomas-new-findings-about-resistance-to-targeted-therapies/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/lung-adenocarcinomas-new-findings-about-resistance-to-targeted-therapies/ A research team co-led by Dr. Katerina Politi found how mSWI/SNF complexes mediate resistance of lung adenocarcinomas to osimertinib and other tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/study-from-yale-cancer-biologists-identifies-chromatin-regulator-wdr5-as-possible-drug-target-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/yan/news-article/study-from-yale-cancer-biologists-identifies-chromatin-regulator-wdr5-as-possible-drug-target-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/ A new study from Yale Cancer Center scientists has identified the chromatin regulator WDR5 as a possible new drug target in triple negative breast cancer. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:00:00 Z