Vanderbilt University scientists are cheering this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for recognizing the discovery that mature cells can be “reprogrammed” into other cell types — a finding which they said has electrified their work.

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.

The protein Syk is essential for clearing away neuron “corpses” in the developing peripheral nervous system.

An analysis of Massachusetts’ health care reform program by a Vanderbilt researcher indicates insurance gaps may remain as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expands insurance coverage beginning in 2014.

A reversible chemical modification of rhodopsin, a receptor for light, plays a role in the degeneration of retinal cells.

A tool developed for one institution’s electronic health records can work at other institutions, potentially facilitating the use of these records in research studies.