molecular physiology and biophysics Archives
Growth factor boosts beta cells
Oct. 21, 2011—A growth factor may help grow transplantation-quality pancreas cells for treating diabetes.
Stress circuitry key to drug relapse
Jul. 22, 2011—Brain systems involved in the body’s stress response may drive drug relapse.
Evolution of cell’s power plant genome
May. 18, 2011—Vanderbilt researchers provide new information about how the genome inside our cellular “power plants” – the mitochondria – has evolved.
Mouse study offers clues for childhood obesity
Apr. 13, 2011—An obesity-associated genetic variation makes fatty food more rewarding yet less satisfying, new research in mice suggests.
Spying on shape-shifting enzyme
Mar. 18, 2011—New molecular views of an enzyme may inform therapies for neurological, psychiatric or cardiac diseases.
