A new statistical tool developed by Vanderbilt biostatisticians will help medical researchers make sense of a commonly encountered – but hard-to-analyze – type of data.

Understanding how an environmental hazard damages DNA may shed light on processes of tumor formation.

Enhancing stem cell survival is key to improving cell-based therapies for regenerative medicine, and a new drug could help.

The epithelial cells that line the intestines have a newly discovered mechanism for protecting us against microbes: they fire anti-bacterial "bullets" into the gut.

Understanding how mutations in neuronal receptors contribute to epilepsy could lead to improved therapies.

A newer version of an old class of blood pressure lowering drugs may offer advantages for obese patients with metabolic syndrome.