Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established a new Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery to accelerate research that may lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and other disorders of the brain.

Increasing an enzyme required for a type of colon tissue may help dampen inflammation, a known risk factor for colon cancer.

Researchers use genetic manipulations in mice and single-cell analyses to help explain stem cell regulation.

New gene expression atlas created for roundworms provides a basis for establishing roles for individual genes in the development of specific cell types.

A component of some MRI scans reveals that "soft" components, like collagen and collagen-bound water, are important players in bone strength.

Results of a landmark, seven-year National Institutes of Health-funded trial, Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS), demonstrate clear benefit for babies who undergo fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system.