NIGMS
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September 23, 2015
Data diving for health
To most effectively use electronic health records for research, investigators should query multiple components of the record to identify patients with specific diseases. -
July 27, 2015
Anticancer olive compounds
Compounds found in olives and olive oil have anticancer activity, which may contribute to the cancer preventive properties attributed to the Mediterranean diet. -
July 15, 2015
Drug signaling networks
Vanderbilt investigators have developed a new algorithm to understand the networks of signaling molecules that control drug action. -
July 13, 2015
Hhex on cancer
A new mouse model demonstrates that the Hhex gene – which is linked to blood cancers – is critical for normal blood cell production. -
June 16, 2015
A view of brain function in disease
Vanderbilt investigators report the first use of a specialized type of MRI to study the hippocampus in patients with schizophrenia. -
May 15, 2015
Boosting cell-based heart repair
A metabolic change in adult stem cells makes them less “fit” for regenerative heart therapies, suggesting that strategies to prevent this response may boost the therapeutic usefulness of the cells. -
May 6, 2015
Neurofibromin fine-tunes bone growth
The protein neurofibromin acts as a brake in a signaling pathway that is important in bone development, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.