A reversible chemical modification of rhodopsin, a receptor for light, plays a role in the degeneration of retinal cells.

A tool developed for one institution’s electronic health records can work at other institutions, potentially facilitating the use of these records in research studies.

A rare, inherited mutation confers an eightfold increased risk of prostate cancer, a recent study shows.

Socioeconomic factors, African ancestry linked to risk for cancer-causing infection.

Studies of Flu Tool, a computer application that guides health care decision-making, suggests that patients are willing to use these types of resources.

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.