Research Archive — Page 144 of 194

Smiling bearded man in a striped shirt and red tie stands in the foreground of a neuroscience laboratory, while a researcher operates equipment at a workstation behind him.
August 7, 2014

Conn lands Javits Neuroscience Investigator award

Vanderbilt University’s P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D., has won a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for discoveries that could lead to new treatments for anxiety, schizophrenia and other brain disorders.

Microscopic bone tissue showing black calcified bone beside a broad pink region of non-calcified osteoid, with orange-brown bone-forming cells lining the osteoid.
August 7, 2014

Novel treatment strengthens bones in genetic disease

An enzyme therapy may prevent skeletal abnormalities associated with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type-1, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered.

Medical illustration of the kidneys highlighted in pink on either side of the lower spine and pelvis, shown within a translucent blue human torso.
August 7, 2014

Study tracks new end-stage renal disease therapy

Researchers in Vanderbilt’s Division of Nephrology conducted a Phase 3 clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a new drug to treat patients with end-stage renal disease.

Green capsule filled with green spheres, labeled “SC,” “34,” and “18.96.”
August 6, 2014

Low selenium and lung cancer

Vanderbilt researchers have found that selenium deficiency may contribute to the racial disparity in lung cancer incidence.

Medical illustration showing a rear view of a human torso with the spine and pelvis highlighted.
August 5, 2014

Technique brings spinal cord neural signaling into focus

Researchers in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science have achieved the first conclusive non-invasive measurement of neural signaling in the spinal cords of healthy human volunteers.

Dense circular scatter plot composed of many multicolored dots, with several larger colored points distributed throughout.
August 5, 2014

Drug discovery clues in network map

Vanderbilt investigators have constructed a network map that could guide the development of new targeted cancer therapies.