Aliquots - Research Briefs Archive — Page 56 of 87
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January 7, 2016
Immune tolerance in endothelial cells
Inducing “tolerance” to bacterial toxins in the endothelial cells that line blood vessels may offer a new approach for preventing the negative consequences of sepsis. -
December 16, 2015
Immune response in transplantation
Thirty-three percent of pediatric heart transplant patients developed antibodies against the donor heart, which can lead to rejection, a new Vanderbilt study reports. -
December 14, 2015
DISSECTing cell signaling networks
Vanderbilt researchers have developed a new method to study cell signaling networks at single-cell resolution. -
December 10, 2015
New lead for ovarian cancer treatment
Combining inhibitors of the BMP signaling pathway with standard chemotherapy drugs may overcome drug resistance in ovarian cancer. -
November 18, 2015
Fighting type 2 diabetes with FGF1
The growth factor FGF1 induces the growth of new insulin-producing beta cells and may help treat type 2 diabetes. -
November 16, 2015
Children, heart disease, and IQ
Treatment for congenital heart disease during infancy may result in cognitive and attentional deficits during adolescence and young adulthood, Vanderbilt researchers have found. -
November 13, 2015
Computer extracts cancer stage
Vanderbilt investigators developed a computerized natural language processing algorithm to extract cancer stages from electronic medical records.