Aliquots - Research Briefs

A protein kinase linked to inflammation and tumor development may be a good target for gastric cancer therapies.

MRI brain scans reveal that children with autism spectrum disorders respond to a narrower range of familiar rewards.

A study of mitochondrial DNA mutations suggests they result from a process that selects for particular mutations in certain tissues.

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.

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

Vanderbilt researchers have used bioinformatics analysis of gene expression data to describe molecular “circuits” that drive ovarian cancer.

Amish populations are valuable for genetic research because of their isolation, shared ancestry and homogeneous lifestyles.