Leigh MacMillan Archive
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August 7, 2012
Ancestry impacts smoking risk for lungs
Smoking is more detrimental to lung function in individuals with high proportions of African ancestry. -
July 26, 2012
On the hunt for bladder cancer factors
A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention. -
July 19, 2012
Long antibodies better against HIV
Understanding how antibodies with long “loops” form may be important for HIV vaccine development. -
July 18, 2012
VU study finds stress fuels breast cancer metastasis to bone
Stress can promote breast cancer cell colonization of bone, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology investigators have discovered. -
July 17, 2012
Insights for neuroscience drug discovery
When discovering drugs for brain disorders, it’s important to test the candidates in multiple ways to avoid advancing those with restricted physiological effects. -
July 3, 2012
Receptor’s role in nutrition brain circuitry
New findings point to brain circuitry that communicates about the body’s nutritional status and regulates how nutrients are mobilized.