When endothelial cells malfunction, they can play a part in a host of problems -- including the world's number one cause of death, cardiovascular disease. They also play a role in organ rejection after transplantation. Dr. Jordan Pober's foundational work on endothelial cells holds great promise...

Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Yale immunobiologist, is a world expert on what happens at the intersection of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Medzhitov researches how different divisions of the human immune system work -- and fail to work. His studies have potential to shed light on human disease...