Aliquots Archives
Clues to skeletal form in ‘feelgood’ fish
Dec. 16, 2011—Ela Knapik, associate professor of medicine, and colleagues are using zebrafish to explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms that cause birth defects of the face and skeleton.
Divvying up chromosomes
Dec. 16, 2011—Mitosis, or the separation of chromosomes during cell division, is driven by dynamic interactions between the kinetochore region on chromosomes and string-like structures called microtubules. A number of proteins, including the enzyme Cdk1, regulate these interactions, but it is unclear what kinetochore components such enzymes work upon. Kathy Gould, professor of cell and developmental biology,...
Young stem cells counter kidney aging
Dec. 15, 2011—Young bone marrow cells alleviate aging-related kidney changes in mice.
Divvying up chromosomes
Dec. 15, 2011—Protein helps ensure proper division of chromosomes during cell division.
Virus-linked cancer gets help from host
Dec. 15, 2011—Host cell protein may be a target for strategies to limit spread of virus-induced squamous cell cancers.
Move out, cholesterol
Dec. 8, 2011—Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis.
Lung nodule surgery not always “futile”
Dec. 7, 2011—Even when lung operations for suspected cancer resection results in a benign diagnosis, there still may be significant benefits to the procedure, new research suggests.
Pathway to colon cancer progression
Dec. 1, 2011—Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis.
Exercise fights fatty liver
Nov. 18, 2011—Fatty liver, a reversible condition of fat accumulation in liver cells, can result from excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, type 2 diabetes, or metabolic disorders. Exercise can reverse this process, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not clear. Because exercise is known to stimulate the action of glucagon (a hormone that raises blood glucose levels)...
Skeletal defects in genetic disorder
Nov. 18, 2011—A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis.
Averting a future oncologist shortage
Nov. 11, 2011—Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists.
Balancing act in the gut
Nov. 11, 2011—Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut.