Department of Pharmacology Archive — Page 9 of 13

Stylized green molecular model beside blue DNA double-helix structures.
August 25, 2016

Study suggests new way to treat rare autism disorder

A protein that plays a powerful role in learning and memory may be a key to improving treatment of a rare autism spectrum disorder called Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS), a new study suggests.

By Bill Snyder
Colorful three-dimensional DNA double helix made of molecular spheres against a blue background, with blurred helix structures behind it.
August 11, 2016

Transcription factor evolution

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a novel model of evolution for factors that control gene expression.

By Sanjay Mishra
hamburger and fries
August 1, 2016

Possible overeating antidote

The 2C-subtype of the serotonin receptor (5HT2C), which binds the neurotransmitter serotonin, plays an important role in regulating food intake and metabolism.

By Bill Snyder
Medical-style illustration of a translucent human figure with a glowing highlighted area in the brain.
May 3, 2016

Drug combos for glioblastoma

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that activation of a certain signaling pathway protects brain cancers from targeted therapies, suggesting that using therapeutics that block both pathways may be a promising treatment.

By Leigh MacMillan
A smiling woman and man pose together indoors; the man has his arm around the woman.
April 21, 2016

Honoring Blakely

Meagan Quinlan, a Pharmacology graduate student in the laboratory of Randy Blakely, Ph.D., honored her mentor Tuesday during the 25th Annual Joel G. Hardman Student-Invited Pharmacology Forum in Light Hall.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Illustration of red blood cells and several white blood cells suspended in a red bloodstream.
April 20, 2016

How strep grabs on to platelets

New structural details of the binding of the bacterium Streptococcus sanguinis to platelets may offer new therapeutics for life-threatening cardiovascular infections.

By Vanderbilt Health News