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

Removal of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine from the space outside cells plays an important role in the regulation of bone remodeling.

Clinicians should be cautious about prescribing newer fluoroquinolone antibiotics to patients with TB risk factors; doing so may jeopardize the use of these agents against TB.

A non-invasive measure of electrical brain activity in preterm infants predicts cognitive and communication functioning during early childhood, according to a new Vanderbilt University study.

Vanderbilt researchers have identified a key regulator of cell division.

Vanderbilt researchers are studying how mutations in the receptor for light, rhodopsin, cause light blindness.