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March 13, 2014

‘Missing link’ may spur new brain disorder drugs

Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego and Vanderbilt University have discovered a “missing link” in the structure of a transmembrane receptor that could lead to new treatments for autism, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

By Bill Snyder
April 25, 2013

Coordinated messaging key to federal support: Cooper

In an era of budget cutting and belt-tightening, how can science get more support from the federal government?

By Bill Snyder
October 4, 2012

Photo: Talent for science

By VUMC News and Communications
June 14, 2011

VUMC awarded $20M to coordinate science consortium

Consortium will advance biomedical research nationwide.

By Bill Snyder
March 4, 2011

What our medical past can tell us about our genomic future

By VUMC News and Communications
June 30, 2010

Vanderbilt No. 12 on 2010 list of best places for life scientists to work

By VUMC News and Communications
May 10, 2010

How cancer cells lose their (circadian) rhythm

Immortality and uncontrolled cell division are the fundamental differences between cancer cells and normal cells.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 16, 2010

Psychopaths’ brains wired to seek rewards, no matter the consequences

The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain's reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 16, 2010

Vanderbilt professor offers key factors in recruiting minorities, women to critical science, engineering careers

Identification of students with unrealized potential, continuous tracking of individual performance and intensive, one-on-one mentoring are key factors in successfully recruiting underrepresented minorities and women into the critical professions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
By VUMC News and Communications
March 11, 2010

Human cells exhibit foraging behavior like amoebae and bacteria

When cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to that which amoebae and bacteria use when searching for food, a team of Vanderbilt researchers have found.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 9, 2010

New university research news channel, Futurity, goes global

Futurity.org, an online university news channel targeted to members of the public interested in basic research, has expanded beyond its North American base to include science news from leading British universities.
February 25, 2010

Two Vanderbilt scientists win Sloan research fellowships

Physicist Andreas Berlind and human geneticist Marylyn Ritchie at Vanderbilt University have each won two-year, $50,000 research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aimed at encouraging promising young scholars.
By Bill Snyder
February 18, 2010

A new type of genetic variation could strengthen natural selection

The unexpected discovery of a new type of genetic variation suggests that natural selection – the force that drives evolution – is both more powerful and more complex than scientists have thought.
By VUMC News and Communications