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A Yale scientist collaborated with researchers at Duke University and surgeons in Poland and the United States to create bioengineered blood vessels for kidney-disease patients on dialysis. The man-made vessels appeared to be both safe and more durable than commonly used synthetic versions, said the investigators.

Dr. Laura E. Niklason, newly named as the Nicholas Greene Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering, is an internationally recognized researcher in cardiovascular tissue engineering.

Prof. Laura Niklason, in the Biomedical Engineering Department, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the nation’s top honors in the fields of health and medicine.

SEAS faculty members James Duncan, Jay Humphrey, Laura Niklason, Joseph Pignatello, and Kurt Zilm have been elected to membership in the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE). In addition to the five SEAS representatives, 16 other new CASE members are affiliated with Yale University.

By 2020, lung disease is expected to become the third leading cause of death worldwide, in part because damaged lung cells do not regenerate.

If Laura Niklason, MD, has her way, vascular surgeons will someday be able to pull human veins off a shelf, whenever they want, to save lives.

Last year, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute launched the International Student Research Fellowships Program to provide support for international students during their third to fifth years of doc