Aliquots - Research Briefs

“Epigenetic signatures” in DNA may present an opportunity for prevention of or early intervention in childhood obesity.

The compound MPLA is an attractive vaccine component, designed to elicit a robust immune response.

Although cancers arising from different areas of the large intestine are heterogeneous, they appear to use similar important tumorigenic pathways.

Cognitive and attention deficits observed in children following surgery before age 5 to repair congenital heart defects likely will persist into their teens and young adulthood.

To improve medical management of crisis situations, clinicians should be trained to use cognitive aids – checklists and concise manuals.

Vanderbilt investigators recommend that the presence of tumor deposits in the abdomen be included when staging midgut neuroendocrine tumors.

A new computer algorithm developed at Vanderbilt could save billions of dollars in health care costs by identifying patients at risk for readmission after being hospitalized for heart failure.