Females may be at higher risk of potentially fatal heart condition due to gender differences in a protein involved in the heart’s electrical activity.

MicroRNA “regulatory networks” generated at Vanderbilt aid search for biomarkers and new drugs to treat glioblastoma, the most common and lethal primary brain tumor.

Smoking is more detrimental to lung function in individuals with high proportions of African ancestry.

Anti-retroviral therapy can prevent tuberculosis, even in people with early HIV disease.

A combination of biomarkers may reveal new clues about causes of and potential interventions for autism.

A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention.

Targeting immune system proteins may keep prostate cancer from spreading to bone.