medicine
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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. -
July 18, 2012
VU study finds stress fuels breast cancer metastasis to bone
Stress can promote breast cancer cell colonization of bone, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology investigators have discovered. -
July 12, 2012
Gene’s impact on ‘good’ cholesterol could affect heart disease risk
A genetic variant may help keep an individual’s “good” cholesterol in check. -
June 28, 2012
Low oxygen could protect sick kidneys
Low oxygen – and the activation of factors that respond to this situation – may be protective in chronic kidney disease. -
June 27, 2012
Spelling out HIV risk in urban China
Research reveals clues to HIV risk in Chinese men who have sex with other men. -
June 22, 2012
Kids’ cells okay after mom’s cancer radiation
Study finds no evidence of increased mitochondrial mutations in the children of women treated with radiation for cancer. -
June 19, 2012
Gene database to aid disease research
A new catalog of human genetic data may help researchers uncover the genetic roots of disease and enable the ultimate realization of personalized medicine.