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NIH grant to support Yale research into causes of infertility

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Infertility affects approximately one in six couples and is one of the top causes of psychological stress, on par with non-reproductive diseases like cancer. But with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Yale researchers may be able to help combat it.

The NIH has awarded $12.4 million to a team of Yale scientists to oversee the collection of data on the causes and treatments of infertility and other reproductive diseases and disorders.

The researchers, headed by Heping Zhang, professor of biostatistics and director of the Yale Collaborative Center for Statistics...

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