Aliquots - Research Briefs Archive — Page 41 of 87
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March 9, 2018
Brain connections in schizophrenia
Brain imaging studies have implicated the connection between two brain regions in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. -
March 8, 2018
Iron-sulfur “intersection”
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered an unanticipated link between sulfur and iron balance, pointing to a genetic basis for iron-deficiency anemia. -
February 28, 2018
Structure of a stem cell niche
Understanding the specialized environment where stem cells reside is important for developing stem-cell based regenerative therapies. -
February 26, 2018
Cannabis compound reduces seizures
Cannabidiol (CBD) oils reduced seizures in patients with difficult-to-treat epilepsy, Vanderbilt investigators have found. -
February 23, 2018
Hope for an RSV vaccine
Newly discovered features in an RSV protein may be useful for rational structure-based vaccine design. -
February 22, 2018
Mitochondrial mutations and disease
New findings suggest that oxidative stress damages mitochondrial DNA, and they link this damage to a disease state. -
February 14, 2018
A new target for neuroblastoma
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered that a sirtuin protein has oncogenic properties in neuroblastoma cells — and that blocking it reduces their growth and tumor-like characteristics.