Research Archive — Page 97 of 139

Black-and-white photograph of Stanley Cohen seated at a cluttered laboratory desk, holding a pipette and a sheet of paper among notebooks, containers, and lab equipment.
February 7, 2020

The elusive Nobel Prize winner

Stanley Cohen wanted to be left alone to do his research. I wanted to interview him for a radio show. Amazingly, he said yes.

Illustration of several teal, curved rod-shaped bacteria with hairlike structures and flagella against a pink-red background.
February 6, 2020

Powering H. pylori pathogenesis

Timothy Cover and colleagues report new insights into the sources of energy used by a bacterial “machine” linked to the pathogenesis of stomach cancer.

By Leigh MacMillan
Dark, thin, curved line forming a stylized abstract shape with two loops on a textured blue background.
February 6, 2020

Antibody mixture may help block Ebola virus infection

A research team led by scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has developed an antibody mixture that in animals is highly effective in blocking infection by the Ebola virus.

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Jeff Conn wearing a light blue collared shirt against a plain light background.
February 6, 2020

Conn, Calipari to receive major pharmacology awards

Two Vanderbilt University pharmacologists have won prestigious awards from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).

By Bill Snyder
Three smiling adults pose in a laboratory surrounded by shelves of equipment and chemical containers; glass bottles and flasks sit in the foreground.
February 6, 2020

Team tracks integrin’s role in lung function

Beta-1 integrin, a critical component of epithelial extracellular matrix receptors, is essential for normal lung function in adulthood, researchers at VUMC have discovered.

By Bill Snyder
Group of seven adults, including Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College students and faculty, pose in a university hallway before the Medical Scholars Annual Symposium.
February 6, 2020

Medical students’ research highlighted at symposium

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Medical Scholars Research Symposium was held Feb. 3 and highlighted the work of eight medical students who spent the 2018-2019 academic year immersed in research under the guidance of faculty mentors.

By Kathy Whitney