Leigh MacMillan

February 8, 2012

Matchmaker for clinical studies

ResearchMatch.org is a web-based registry that is connecting participants and researchers for clinical studies.

By Leigh MacMillan
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February 8, 2012

Tool finds connections in genome data

A new analytical tool points to genes that act together to increase disease risk.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 23, 2012

Alcohol’s molecular mediators

Therapeutic agents focusing on the brain region involved in stress-induced relapse may be effective in preventing relapse in patients with alcohol use disorders.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 20, 2012

Studies shed new light on how nitric oxide is produced

The discovery of a previously unrecognized and pivotal role of enzyme ASL in nitric oxide production could potentially lead to new therapies for babies with pulmonary hypertension.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 20, 2012

Pumping up the pancreas in pregnancy

A strain of mutant mice provide a novel model for studying glucose intolerance and gestational diabetes during pregnancy and suggest that certain molecules may be useful for therapeutic applications.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 5, 2012

Fishing for heart attack repair tools

By Leigh MacMillan
January 5, 2012

Clues to flattened faces

By Leigh MacMillan
December 16, 2011

Clues to skeletal form in ‘feelgood’ fish

Ela Knapik, associate professor of medicine, and colleagues are using zebrafish to explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms that cause birth defects of the face and skeleton.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 8, 2011

Move out, cholesterol

Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 18, 2011

Skeletal defects in genetic disorder

A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 11, 2011

Averting a future oncologist shortage

Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 11, 2011

Balancing act in the gut

Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut.
By Leigh MacMillan