Aliquots
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Clues to skeletal form in ‘feelgood’ fish
Ela Knapik, associate professor of medicine, and colleagues are using zebrafish to explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms that cause birth defects of the face and skeleton. Read MoreDec 16, 2011
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Divvying up chromosomes
(Benedict Campbell/Wellcome Images) Mitosis, or the separation of chromosomes during cell division, is driven by dynamic interactions between the kinetochore region on chromosomes and string-like structures called microtubules. A number of proteins, including the enzyme Cdk1, regulate these interactions, but it is unclear what kinetochore components such enzymes work… Read MoreDec 16, 2011
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Young stem cells counter kidney aging
Young bone marrow cells alleviate aging-related kidney changes in mice. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Divvying up chromosomes
Protein helps ensure proper division of chromosomes during cell division. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Virus-linked cancer gets help from host
Host cell protein may be a target for strategies to limit spread of virus-induced squamous cell cancers. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Move out, cholesterol
Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis. Read MoreDec 8, 2011
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Lung nodule surgery not always “futile”
Even when lung operations for suspected cancer resection results in a benign diagnosis, there still may be significant benefits to the procedure, new research suggests. Read MoreDec 7, 2011
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Pathway to colon cancer progression
Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis. Read MoreDec 1, 2011
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Exercise fights fatty liver
(iStock) Fatty liver, a reversible condition of fat accumulation in liver cells, can result from excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, type 2 diabetes, or metabolic disorders. Exercise can reverse this process, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not clear. Because exercise is known to stimulate the action of glucagon (a… Read MoreNov 18, 2011
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Skeletal defects in genetic disorder
A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis. Read MoreNov 18, 2011
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Averting a future oncologist shortage
Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists. Read MoreNov 11, 2011
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Balancing act in the gut
Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut. Read MoreNov 11, 2011
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Let there be light and melatonin
Light and the hormone melatonin may play important roles in the developing brain. Read MoreNov 4, 2011
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Stopping colitis, STAT
Study suggests a new therapeutic target in ulcerative colitis. Read MoreOct 27, 2011
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Growth factor boosts beta cells
A growth factor may help grow transplantation-quality pancreas cells for treating diabetes. Read MoreOct 21, 2011
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Information flow reduced in psychosis
Bipolar depression and schizophrenia share patterns of changes in neurons that regulate information flow, new research shows. Read MoreOct 21, 2011
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Diversity key in antibody repertoire
Antibodies to the 2009 H1N1 influenza strain reveal new insights into how antibody diversity forms and functions, with possible implications for designing flu vaccines. Read MoreOct 7, 2011
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Fungus toxin gets in the way in DNA
Structural studies are providing insight to how aflatoxin – a toxin produced by fungi – contributes to cancer development. Read MoreOct 7, 2011
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Parkinson’s deep brain target fired up
Neuronal activity in a deep brain region increases as Parkinson’s disease advances, a new study suggests. Read MoreOct 5, 2011
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Host countermeasure hinders HIV
New details about a host mechanism that fights off HIV may reveal strategies for therapies to treat or prevent HIV infection. Read MoreSep 8, 2011