Increased activity of the “fight or flight” nervous system contributes to obesity-associated hypertension and may be a good therapeutic target for the disease.

Vanderbilt investigators have demonstrated that a certain protein complex drives tumor progression in aggressive breast cancers.

Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome who received growth hormone treatment had cognitive advantages compared to untreated patients.

A peptide molecule relaxes airway smooth muscle and may be a potential therapeutic for asthma that has become resistant to standard therapies.

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that regulation of cell volume plays a role in nerve degeneration and peripheral neuropathies.

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a novel model of evolution for factors that control gene expression.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem, particularly among people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).