tumor Archive

December 18, 2013

Targeting tumor “supply lines”

A metabolic enzyme plays a crucial role in vascular development and may be a good target for cancer therapies.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 12, 2013

Therapeutic target for gastric cancer

A protein kinase linked to inflammation and tumor development may be a good target for gastric cancer therapies.

By Leigh MacMillan
October 25, 2012

Bid protein guards blood cells against stress

A protein normally known to promote cell death found to encourage survival of blood forming cells.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 13, 2012

Cells with LIP eat their neighbors

A transcription factor called LIP is capable of causing one cell to consume another.

By Leigh MacMillan
July 24, 2012

Proteins guard against cancer spread

Targeting immune system proteins may keep prostate cancer from spreading to bone.

By VUMC News and Communications