Manuel Ascano Archive — Page 1 of 1

Multiple pipettes dispense pink liquid into the wells of a laboratory microplate.
May 19, 2020

Probing innate immunity

Manuel Ascano team validates an inhibitor of the cGAS-STING signaling pathway, which is important for cellular innate immunity against bacteria, viruses, and our own damaged DNA.

By Leigh MacMillan
Portrait of Manuel Ascano, Ph.D., smiling in a biochemistry laboratory, with lab equipment and shelves visible in the background.
May 7, 2020

New method captures early viral-host protein interactions

Researchers have developed a method to identify the primary interactions between incoming viral RNA genomes and host proteins.

By Bill Snyder
October 12, 2017

A switch for autoimmunity

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a class of compounds that inhibit a mediator of inflammation and autoimmune disorders, and that could pave the way for development of future therapies.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of Manuel Ascano, Ph.D., smiling in a biochemistry laboratory, with lab equipment and shelves visible in the background.
August 28, 2014

Ascano seeks to shed light on cellular stress response

Ebola. Chikungunya. Influenza. What’s to be done about these headline-grabbing, debilitating, often lethal viruses?

By Bill Snyder