Aliquots Archives
On the hunt for bladder cancer factors
Jul. 26, 2012—A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention.
Proteins guard against cancer spread
Jul. 24, 2012—Targeting immune system proteins may keep prostate cancer from spreading to bone.
Long antibodies better against HIV
Jul. 19, 2012—Understanding how antibodies with long “loops” form may be important for HIV vaccine development.
Insights for neuroscience drug discovery
Jul. 17, 2012—When discovering drugs for brain disorders, it’s important to test the candidates in multiple ways to avoid advancing those with restricted physiological effects.
Gene’s impact on ‘good’ cholesterol could affect heart disease risk
Jul. 12, 2012—A genetic variant may help keep an individual’s “good” cholesterol in check.
Receptor’s role in nutrition brain circuitry
Jul. 3, 2012—New findings point to brain circuitry that communicates about the body’s nutritional status and regulates how nutrients are mobilized.
Low oxygen could protect sick kidneys
Jun. 28, 2012—Low oxygen – and the activation of factors that respond to this situation – may be protective in chronic kidney disease.
Spelling out HIV risk in urban China
Jun. 27, 2012—Research reveals clues to HIV risk in Chinese men who have sex with other men.
Kids’ cells okay after mom’s cancer radiation
Jun. 22, 2012—Study finds no evidence of increased mitochondrial mutations in the children of women treated with radiation for cancer.
Gene database to aid disease research
Jun. 19, 2012—A new catalog of human genetic data may help researchers uncover the genetic roots of disease and enable the ultimate realization of personalized medicine.
Roots of childhood brain tumors
Jun. 14, 2012—Cells in the back of the developing brain can give rise to brain tumors, suggesting they may be a target for treatment.
Making order out of ordinal data
Jun. 12, 2012—A new statistical tool developed by Vanderbilt biostatisticians will help medical researchers make sense of a commonly encountered – but hard-to-analyze – type of data.
