Aliquots - Research Briefs Archive — Page 46 of 86
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May 15, 2017
RSV-HRV viral interference
RSV infection reduces the risk of infection with human rhinovirus, which could have implications for vaccine development and prevention strategies for viral respiratory tract infections in infants. -
May 11, 2017
EETs contribute to insulin sensitivity
Interventions that increase circulating levels of compounds called EETs may improve insulin sensitivity and treat hypertension. -
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.