Reporter March 4 2016 Archive — Page 1 of 2

Watercolor painting depicting an aerial view of a violent storm, with a red-centered yellow spiral surrounded by swirling blue, white, and gray clouds.
March 9, 2016

Eye of a cytokine storm

A new animal model can be used to “dissect” the inflammatory response to infection.

By Bill Snyder
Small striped fish swimming above white gravel in a clear aquarium.
March 8, 2016

Fat hormone’s role in zebrafish

The hormone leptin regulates glucose balance, but not fat stores, in zebrafish.

By Leigh MacMillan
Stylized microscopic illustration of a red cell dividing into two rounded daughter cells against a dark red background.
March 7, 2016

A clue to cell cleavage

Actin and microtubule cytoskeletons are coordinated during cytokinesis – the process that separates one cell into two and is linked to events underlying cancer.

By Sanjay Mishra
Hand holding a magnifying glass over another person's forearm.
March 3, 2016

Melanoma response to immune therapy

Melanoma-specific expression of a certain protein identifies tumors that are more responsive to an immune therapy.

By Leigh MacMillan
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March 3, 2016

Study reveals possible ‘dimmer switch’ drug for Rett syndrome

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have relieved symptoms in a mouse model of Rett syndrome with a drug-like compound that works like the dimmer switch in an electrical circuit.

By Bill Snyder
Three doctors and a seated patient converse in a hospital room; two doctors wear white coats, and medical equipment is visible behind them.
March 3, 2016

First VICC cancer patient treated with new immunotherapy

For the first time, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators have used a cancer patient’s own re-engineered immune cells to treat a form of blood cancer by stimulating the immune system.

By Vanderbilt Health News