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The Yale University School of Medicine, founded in 1810 and based in New Haven, Connecticut, encompasses biomedical research, education, and health care units. Instruction, based on the Yale System methodology, employs small seminars and tutorials. The college offers students degrees in medicine, biological and biomedical sciences, and epidemiology and public health. It operates continuing medical education, graduate and medical student, nursing, physician associate, and other programs. The Yale University School of Medicine's staff conducts cell biology, genetics, immunobiology, microbial pathogenesis, physiology, biophysics, and biochemistry research. The college maintains over 100 DNA and protein analysis instruments. It also provides researchers with cell molecular imaging, MR and PET imaging, and disease modeling tools. The Yale University School of Medicine holds over 260 patents. Twenty-three biotechnology companies have been spun off from the college. The school's Yale Medical Group encompasses over 650 physicians and health care experts. The college receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other organizations. Yale University School of Medicine publishes the 'Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine' and the 'Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics.'
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