Dietary vitamin C may maintain healthy blood vessels in patients with inflammatory diseases.

Understanding how signaling molecules are transported within and out of the cell may help to uncover the causes of certain cancers.

Vanderbilt investigators have developed a framework for studying cellular responses that could be used to identify the agents driving a range of biological processes in health and disease.

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered how mammals, including humans, produce the painkiller morphine.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging has revealed faulty circuits between the thalamus – a central hub of brain activity – and other brain regions.

The factor FoxM1 increases the proliferation and function of insulin-producing beta cells, making it an attractive therapeutic target for diabetes.

Vanderbilt researchers are exploring how neuroblastoma tumors begin and progress, knowledge that could provide new treatments for this pediatric cancer.