Health and Medicine

Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered a new critical component in the obesity pathway.

In an effort to understand how neurons develop different “architectures,” Vanderbilt developmental biologists have discovered a genetic switch that controls one type of neuron branching in the nematode worm.

A biomarker for oxidative stress is elevated in patients with both autism spectrum disorder and gastrointestinal dysfunction, suggesting opportunities for individualized approaches to clinical care.

A noninvasive test can be used to identify the presence of Helicobacter pylori and evaluate its virulence, which will be useful in areas with high rates of H. pylori-associated gastric cancer.

Gaining and losing weight during “yo-yo dieting” may contribute to an exaggerated immune response in fat tissue that increases metabolic dysfunction more than steady weight gain alone.

Once upon a time, teenage girls were not clamoring to sport a pair of thick, black, oversized eyeglasses.

The protein SARM appears to protect cells from inflammation-driven death by stabilizing the nuclear laminin scaffold.