Research

Vanderbilt professor receives $585,000 March of Dimes grant to identify genes that may predict preterm birth and help in the development of drugs to prevent it. Read More

Combining targeted therapies may increase their effectiveness in treating a common and aggressive form of breast cancer. Read More

Vanderbilt physicist Kirill Bolotin has received NSF’s CAREER award, which supports exceptionally promising junior faculty members. Read More

Researchers define the protein interactions that establish our organs' lining. Read More

A clear safety culture and “conceptual toolkit” are needed to reduce medical mistakes, research from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management finds. Read More

New molecular views of an enzyme may inform therapies for neurological, psychiatric or cardiac diseases. Read More

A new study finds that when nurses' workloads increase during shifts because of high patient turnover, mortality risk also increases. Read More

Patients with certain autonomic nervous system disorders have impaired odor identification, which could aid in diagnosis. Read More

Prof. Thomas Weiler, right, and graduate fellow Chui Man Ho (John Russell / Vanderbilt) If the latest theory of Tom Weiler and Chui Man Ho is right, the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest atom smasher that started regular operation last year – could be… Read More

Vanderbilt education experts explore the complex issues surrounding school choice in new book published this month by Harvard Education Press. Read More

A new laser technique can measure interactions between proteins tangled in a cell's membrane and a variety of other biological molecules: extremely difficult measurements that can aid the process of drug discovery. Read More

Researchers have for the first time successfully used brain imaging to predict how children will respond to programs that help them improve their grammar. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established a new Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery to accelerate research that may lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and other disorders of the brain. Read More

Elephants can transmit TB to humans, researchers at the CDC, Tennessee Department of Health and Vanderbilt University have reported. Read More

Gary Revell shows some of the worms he has collected using worm grunting (Ken Catania) “What is worm grunting?” That is one of the questions that moderator Richard Sher asked panelists last weekend in a rerun of a pre-recorded edition of “Says You!” – the popular… Read More

Increasing an enzyme required for a type of colon tissue may help dampen inflammation, a known risk factor for colon cancer. Read More

Researchers use genetic manipulations in mice and single-cell analyses to help explain stem cell regulation. Read More

Just a few sessions on the treadmill can prevent marijuana cravings and use, new research finds. Read More

A new online tool enables cancer patients and researchers to track the latest developments in personalized cancer medicine and connect with clinical research trials. Read More

Vanderbilt physicist Robert Scherrer supplements his scientific research with writing science fiction stories. Bob Scherrer is bicultural: Not only is he a practicing theoretical physicist, but the chairman of Vanderbilt’s physics department is also a published author of science fiction. Several years ago we did a… Read More