The research is another step toward development of targeted therapies aimed at reducing the incidence and medical burden of this common condition.

Severe obesity — a condition of being 100 pounds or more overweight — has doubled in the United States over the past two decades to 9.2%, with the greatest increases among women and Latino populations.

How did horses overcome this challenge? The answer seems to be by using a genetic trick previously thought to occur only in viruses.

One of the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific societies, the AAAS also publishes the Science family of journals.

The findings of a new research study increase understanding of the molecular drivers of C. diff infection and point to novel therapeutic strategies aimed at a pathogen that causes about half a million infections in the U.S. each year.

Beauchamp Research Day honors his legacy and celebrates the achievements of others he inspired, collaborated with or advised.

A new study will use innovative methods developed at VUMC to look for drugs already approved for other uses that could potentially be repurposed to treat Alzheimer's.