Aliquots - Research Briefs

December 8, 2011

Move out, cholesterol

Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis.

By Leigh MacMillan
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December 7, 2011

Lung nodule surgery not always “futile”

Even when lung operations for suspected cancer resection results in a benign diagnosis, there still may be significant benefits to the procedure, new research suggests.

By VUMC News and Communications
Illustration of human intestinal tract
December 1, 2011

Pathway to colon cancer progression

Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 18, 2011

Exercise fights fatty liver

By VUMC News and Communications
November 18, 2011

Skeletal defects in genetic disorder

A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 11, 2011

Averting a future oncologist shortage

Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 11, 2011

Balancing act in the gut

Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 4, 2011

Let there be light and melatonin

Light and the hormone melatonin may play important roles in the developing brain.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 27, 2011

Stopping colitis, STAT

Study suggests a new therapeutic target in ulcerative colitis.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2011

Growth factor boosts beta cells

A growth factor may help grow transplantation-quality pancreas cells for treating diabetes.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2011

Information flow reduced in psychosis

Bipolar depression and schizophrenia share patterns of changes in neurons that regulate information flow, new research shows.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 7, 2011

Diversity key in antibody repertoire

Antibodies to the 2009 H1N1 influenza strain reveal new insights into how antibody diversity forms and functions, with possible implications for designing flu vaccines.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 7, 2011

Fungus toxin gets in the way in DNA

Structural studies are providing insight to how aflatoxin – a toxin produced by fungi – contributes to cancer development.
By Leigh MacMillan