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Lin Zhu and Rob Stafford have found that obesity interferes with cholesterol-improving CTEP inhibitors.

Jeffrey Rathmell and colleagues show that a drug that inhibits glutamine metabolism 鈥� currently in clinical trials as an anticancer agent 鈥� might also be useful as a treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Vanderbilt researchers led by Buddy Creech are searching for the key to lasting protection against influenza by examining naturally protecting cells found in bone marrow.

The grant will allow Charles Caskey to lead research into using ultrasound as an image-guided therapy for drug delivery.

The grant will allow Kennedy Center researchers to analyze data from VUMC's Synthetic Derivative and BioVU databanks to study biomarkers associated with Down Syndrome.

A new link between a support protein within the brain's white matter and known Alzheimer's biomarkers discovered by Angela Jefferson and colleagues bring researchers a step toward earlier and more precise detection of neuropathology underlying cognitive impairment that may lead to new targeted therapies

Raymond Harris, Ming-Zhi Zhang and colleagues suggest pathways activated by the epidermal growth factor receptor may be promising targets for treating diabetic kidney disease.

New findings by Dawn Newcomb and colleagues suggest an explanation for why women are more prone to asthma than men.

Research led by Sanjay Mishra, and colleagues suggests modular sHSP architecture contributes to the ability of heat-protective proteins to serve as chaperones for a range of unfolded proteins.

Reducing nitric oxide helps insulin move more quickly through blood vessels, find David Wasserman and colleagues.

Loss of a protein that regulates mitochondrial function can greatly increase the risk of a heart attack, report Eric Gamazon, Sandra Zinkel and graduate students Christie Salisbury-Ruf and Clinton Bertram in new research.

The hidden lives of medical biomarkers are the focus of a recent study in聽Nature Communications聽by Jonathan Mosley.

New research by Alyssa Hasty and colleagues shows that a certain immune cell can absorb excess iron that can compromise healthy fat tissue.

New research by David Harrison and colleagues sheds light on how changes in mechanical forces in the aorta enhance immune cell activation thus promoting hypertension.

Erin Calipari and colleagues have shown that peripheral administration of a neuroprotective cytokine may improve dopamine signaling problems associated with certain psychiatric disorders. Read More

Reyna Gordon has received a NIH Director鈥檚 New Innovator Award of $2.3 million for her project, 鈥淏iomarkers of Rhythmic Communication: Integrating Foundational and Translational Approaches.鈥�

聽Digna Velez Edwards and colleagues have now conducted the first genome-wide association study to search for genetic loci associated with differences in fibroid size and number. Read More

Using lesion network mapping, a recently developed technique for analyzing how the brain works, Ryan Darby studied free will perception related to movement decisions.

An international team led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center sheds new light on the cause of pulmonary fibrosis and demonstrates a way to impede the disease.

A potential cancer drug aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of ionizing radiation in lung cancer patients is a step closer to development with funding support from the Small Business Innovation Research program.