Aliquots - Research Briefs Archive — Page 55 of 87
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February 19, 2016
Face recognition and social anxiety
An inability to recognize faces may be an important mechanism underlying social inhibition and may contribute to, or maintain, social anxiety. -
February 18, 2016
Combining treatments for melanoma
Combining therapies for melanoma that induce cell senescence and that activate the immune response may improve outcomes for patients. -
February 10, 2016
Overcoming lung cancer drug resistance
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a way to overcome the resistance of some lung cancers to certain targeted therapies, which could lead to more effective treatments for lung cancer patients. -
February 9, 2016
Therapies to prevent preterm birth
Vanderbilt researchers have developed a high-throughput assay that will aid in identifying new compounds to treat preterm labor or postpartum bleeding. -
February 8, 2016
Building intestinal brush borders
Studies of the molecular complex that helps build specialized cellular surfaces could shed light on the mechanisms underlying a genetic deaf-blindness syndrome accompanied by intestinal disease. -
February 5, 2016
Dynamics of a drug resistance transporter
Vanderbilt investigators are exploring the shape changes in a multidrug transporter to understand the mechanisms of antibacterial resistance. -
January 27, 2016
Wound-healing scaffolds
The elasticity of a scaffold used for healing skin wounds is a key factor in promoting regeneration versus scarring.