Aliquots - Research Briefs
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May 3, 2017
Therapeutic targets for diabetes
Vanderbilt investigators have identified novel regulators of insulin-producing beta-cell proliferation and survival, suggesting new targets for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. -
May 1, 2017
Clue to recurrent C. diff infection
Children who experience recurrent C. diff infections may have fecal inflammatory markers that could predict risk and improve management of these infections. -
April 28, 2017
Regulating anxiety in the brain
Two brain signaling pathways have overlapping functions in regulating anxiety, suggesting that therapeutics aimed at one or the other will impact both. -
April 27, 2017
Polarity protein role in cell survival
Vanderbilt investigators have identified an unexpected link between cell survival and the polarized delivery of proteins to the surface of mammary epithelial cells. -
April 19, 2017
Predicting the infection response
Vanderbilt investigators are probing the response to a bacterial toxin as a clinical assessment of immune function. -
April 17, 2017
In emergencies, insurance matters
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act provides patients with a greater choice of hospital facilities, Vanderbilt researchers have found. -
April 14, 2017
A new mode of DNA repair
Structural details of a protein that removes DNA lesions shed light on fundamental mechanisms of DNA repair.