A team of Vanderbilt investigators has pinpointed the role of bile acids and a specific signaling pathway in the positive metabolic effects of weight-loss surgery.

A compound that activates a virus-sensing receptor has potent therapeutic effects in a mouse model of breast cancer.

New methods have revealed details of vesicle trafficking in cells and are applicable to any protein complexes, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of cell dynamics.

How do you build a brain? What “rules” govern where neurons end up, how they connect to each other, and which functions they perform?

Vanderbilt researchers have developed a new tool for quantifying data from single-cell studies.

In a large population study of Chinese adults, Vanderbilt researchers found that green tea drinking increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a role for an inflammatory mediator in diabetic skin infections, suggesting new therapeutic targets for this common complication of diabetes.