Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Archive — Page 2 of 8
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August 11, 2021
Vega selected as 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
Paige Vega, a PhD student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University, has been selected as the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. -
April 29, 2021
A compound to counteract aging?
A compound that increases lifespan in yeast is offering clues to pharmacological approaches that might slow the aging process and improve health. -
April 1, 2021
Breast cancer cells ‘steal’ nutrients from immune cells: study
Triple-negative breast cancer cells engage in a “glutamine steal” — outcompeting T cells for the nutrient glutamine and impairing their ability to kill tumor cells, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. -
February 18, 2021
Genetic clues in eye birth defect
Sabine Fuhrmann and colleagues have discovered a novel underlying cause of coloboma — a birth defect that causes missing tissue in the eye and accounts for up to 10% of childhood blindness. -
January 21, 2021
WIN for blocking cancer growth
William Tansey and colleagues identified proteins that interact with the cancer drug target WDR5 and are important for cancer cell growth. -
November 12, 2020
New therapeutic target for lung cancer
Vanderbilt researchers have identified a new molecular partner — and potential therapeutic target — in a signaling axis that drives lung cancer. -
October 20, 2020
Preserving gut mucus architecture
A new method that keeps microbes and gut cells together will be useful for studies of complex host-microbe interactions and for analysis of clinical specimens.