Leigh MacMillan Archive — Page 40 of 85

Young Kim, MD, PhD, left, Michael Korrer, PhD, and colleagues are studying a potential new cancer immunotherapy option.
February 21, 2019

Discovery points to new cancer immunotherapy option

An international team involving Vanderbilt researchers has discovered that a new “checkpoint” protein on immune system cells is active in tumors, and that blocking it — in combination with other treatments — is a successful therapeutic approach in mouse models of cancer.

By Leigh MacMillan
Illustration of a green, curved, flagellated bacterium on a white background, labeled H. pylori.
February 14, 2019

Probing H. pylori cancer protein

Understanding how a bacterial protein that influences the risk of stomach cancer is produced could guide new strategies for treatment.

By Leigh MacMillan
Stylized dark human brain filled with intricate circuit-board traces and brightly colored pathways, surrounded by gears, clouds, icons, and binary digits.
February 14, 2019

Modulating stress circuits

Danny Winder and colleagues demonstrate an interaction between two signaling pathways — and its impact on the activity of neurons that respond to stress.

By Leigh MacMillan
Super-resolution microscopy image of mouse intestine showing a curved band of white microvilli tipped with yellow cadherin; red cell nuclei appear below against a dark background.
February 14, 2019

Adhesion protein optimizes border

Matthew Tyska and colleagues have found that an adhesion protein plays a key role in building the intestinal brush border that is essential for absorbing nutrients.

By Leigh MacMillan
A person poses beside a decorated office door featuring black textured hair, a red-and-white headscarf, a stylized face, red lips, and a collage of photographs; a small wall sign is visible but its text is unreadable.
February 7, 2019

Black History Month inspires VUMC dermatologist Aleta Simmons’ office door makeover

Adorning the figure’s shoulders, Simmons has placed photos of friends and colleagues in her network of African-American female physicians.

By Leigh MacMillan
Pregnant person holding several blister packs of white and red pills in front of their abdomen.
January 31, 2019

In utero antibiotics and obesity risk

Maternal antibiotic use during pregnancy was not associated with childhood obesity at age 5, according a national study led by a Vanderbilt pediatrician.

By Leigh MacMillan