Aliquots - Research Briefs

January 23, 2014

Human and Helicobacter co-evolution

By VUMC News and Communications
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January 15, 2014

HIV’s impact on B cells

Understanding how HIV infection affects immune system B cells may guide strategies for vaccine development.

By Leigh MacMillan
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January 13, 2014

Searching for beta cell stimulators

Vanderbilt researchers describe a new technique for identifying factors that stimulate the proliferation of pancreatic beta cells – factors that might offer therapeutic options for diabetes.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 10, 2014

A pain in the … genes

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that variation in the gene encoding the potassium channel GIRK1 plays a role in modulating human pain perception.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 9, 2014

Brain-gut connection in autism

An association between rigid-compulsive behaviors and gastrointestinal symptoms in autism spectrum disorder may point to a common biological pathway that impacts both the brain and the gut.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 18, 2013

Targeting tumor “supply lines”

A metabolic enzyme plays a crucial role in vascular development and may be a good target for cancer therapies.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 16, 2013

Cancer drug enhances cognition

The breast cancer drug tamoxifen improves cognitive performance in post-menopausal women.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 13, 2013

Manager of mitotic stress

The protein CK1 delays cell division to avoid the generation of defects that drive tumorigenesis.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 12, 2013

Therapeutic target for gastric cancer

A protein kinase linked to inflammation and tumor development may be a good target for gastric cancer therapies.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 27, 2013

Autism narrows brain’s reward response

MRI brain scans reveal that children with autism spectrum disorders respond to a narrower range of familiar rewards.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 25, 2013

Mitochondrial mutations not random

A study of mitochondrial DNA mutations suggests they result from a process that selects for particular mutations in certain tissues.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 22, 2013

What makes us human?

Using computational tools to search for the genetic basis of what makes us human, Vanderbilt Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Tony Capra and colleagues at the University of California-San Francisco have identified promising candidate regions.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 21, 2013

Therapeutic target for synovial sarcoma

Inhibitors of a signaling pathway that is critical to synovial sarcoma tumorigenesis may be useful treatments for this aggressive cancer.
By Leigh MacMillan
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