Deyu Li

February 19, 2015

‘Stretched’ cells promote cancer

Mechanical stress appears to be a critical factor in activating normal tissue-associated fibroblasts to generate cancer-associated fibroblasts.

By Leigh MacMillan
August 22, 2013

Gore, Bernard receive research awards at Faculty Assembly

“Vanderbilt’s Nobel Prize,” the Earl Sutherland Prize for achievement in research, was awarded to John Gore at the Fall Faculty Assembly, while Gordon Bernard received the Thomas Jefferson Award for distinguished service to Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
microbrain
July 24, 2012

Vanderbilt-led team to develop ‘microbrain’ to improve drug testing

Creating a device out of human cells that simulates brain chemistry is the goal of a $6.4 million grant which is part of major new federal initiative to develop a series of “organs on a chip” designed to improve the drug development process.

By VUMC News and Communications