Diagnostic codes used for billing purposes effectively identify smokers in a general clinic population and can be used to adjust smoking status in genetic and epidemiologic studies.

Understanding how bacteria become resistant to quinolone antibiotics could guide strategies for developing new antibacterial drugs.

An ultrasound count of potentially egg-producing follicles could predict the timing of menopause.

Individuals with overexpression of the gene MECP2 have core features of autism spectrum disorder.

The factor STAT6 appears to play a role in the pathogenesis of an inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting it may be a promising target for new treatments.

Researchers have found an unusual interaction between a factor that “turns on” protein synthesis and one that produces fatty acids.

Vanderbilt researchers report that they have found a factor involved in the persistence of embryonic cells implicated in childhood liver cancer.