A Tradition of Discovery

The Yale School of Medicine has a tradition of developing promising new treatments such as the insulin pump to treat diabetes, two drugs to treat HIV infection and the first treatment that arms the body’s cells to create a cancer-fighting immune response. All of these discoveries involved years of painstaking research and scientific collaboration. But they also involved the help of people like you.

It took the participation of many willing clinical trial volunteers to turn the theories developed by Yale scientists into medical advances that benefit countless individuals.

Here are just a few stories of how the combination of ingenuity, effort and generosity brought about medical breakthroughs:

Insulin Pump Changes Diabetes Treatment

New Hope for HIV/ AIDS Patients

Reducing the Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Using the Immune System to Fight Cancer

Antiviral Drugs: From Lab to Patient