NIGMS Archive
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November 6, 2012
Bacterial signals in sarcoidosis
Study adds evidence for infectious agents’ role in sarcoidosis, an inflammatory condition that can lead to respiratory failure and death. -
October 31, 2012
Protein’s length, flexibility key to infection
The structural architecture of the reovirus attachment protein is required for efficient reovirus infection of host cells. -
October 4, 2012
Proteins help flip tumor’s invasive switch
Vanderbilt investigators have identified how two key components of cancer's invasive "switch" — the series of signaling events that turn on a tumor cell’s invasive behavior — work together. -
September 13, 2012
Cells with LIP eat their neighbors
A transcription factor called LIP is capable of causing one cell to consume another. -
August 24, 2012
Tool helps plumb electronic records
A tool developed for one institution’s electronic health records can work at other institutions, potentially facilitating the use of these records in research studies. -
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. -
June 14, 2012
Roots of childhood brain tumors
Cells in the back of the developing brain can give rise to brain tumors, suggesting they may be a target for treatment.