Bill Snyder Archive — Page 81 of 119

microscope
August 15, 2016

Foundation’s support speeds search for new schizophrenia drugs at Vanderbilt

Research in the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD) aimed at developing innovative new treatments for schizophrenia just received a powerful assist from The William K. Warren Foundation.

By Bill Snyder
Richard Caprioli and mass spectrometer
August 11, 2016

NIH grant bolsters mass spectrometry research initiatives

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a major renewal grant to continue the National Research Resource for Imaging Mass Spectrometry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Bill Snyder
hand on radio tuning knob
August 11, 2016

Team explores transcription factor’s autoimmunity role

Increasing expression of a transcription factor called KLF2 can promote immunological self-tolerance and “tune down” autoimmunity, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported recently.

By Bill Snyder
goofy toy disguise
August 11, 2016

Research team takes aim at Ebola virus ‘decoy protein’

Using an antibody generated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that neutralizes the Ebola virus, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, have determined the structure of a “decoy” protein that may enable the virus to evade detection by the immune system.

By Bill Snyder
Oxygen on periodic table
August 11, 2016

Study explores low oxygen’s impact on antibody quality

Hypoxia (lack of enough oxygen) is bad for the body as a whole, but in the neighborhood where infection-fighting antibodies arise, may be important for keeping proper order.

By Bill Snyder
Bridge spanning a gorge
August 11, 2016

Study reveals neurotransmitter glutamate’s molecular structure

Terunaga Nakagawa, with colleagues from Japan and Oxford University in England, has discovered the bridgelike molecular structure of a mysterious glutamate receptor.

By Bill Snyder