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菠萝视频 investigators have demonstrated that a certain protein complex drives tumor progression in aggressive breast cancers. Read More

A protein that plays a powerful role in learning and memory may be a key to improving treatment of a rare autism spectrum disorder called Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS), a new study suggests. Read More

When Tom Daniel, M.D., joined the 菠萝视频 University faculty in December 1986, Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., had just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF). Read More

菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC) has received a five-year, $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the 菠萝视频 Emergency Care 菠萝视频 Training Program. Read More

Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome who received growth hormone treatment had cognitive advantages compared to untreated patients. Read More

菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC) has received an $11 million program project renewal grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study the genetics and underlying biological mechanisms that lead to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Read More

菠萝视频 in the 菠萝视频 Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD) aimed at developing innovative new treatments for schizophrenia just received a powerful assist from The William K. Warren Foundation. Read More

A peptide molecule relaxes airway smooth muscle and may be a potential therapeutic for asthma that has become resistant to standard therapies. Read More

菠萝视频 researchers have discovered that regulation of cell volume plays a role in nerve degeneration and peripheral neuropathies. Read More

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a major renewal grant to continue the National 菠萝视频 Resource for Imaging Mass Spectrometry at 菠萝视频 University School of Medicine. Read More

Increasing expression of a transcription factor called KLF2 can promote immunological self-tolerance and 鈥渢une down鈥� autoimmunity, researchers at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center reported recently. Read More

Using an antibody generated at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center that neutralizes the Ebola virus, researchers at the Scripps 菠萝视频 Institute in La Jolla, California, have determined the structure of a 鈥渄ecoy鈥� protein that may enable the virus to evade detection by the immune system. Read More

菠萝视频 researchers have discovered a novel model of evolution for factors that control gene expression. Read More

Hypoxia (lack of enough oxygen) is bad for the body as a whole, but in the neighborhood where infection-fighting antibodies arise, may be important for keeping proper order. Read More

Terunaga Nakagawa, with colleagues from Japan and Oxford University in England, has discovered the bridgelike molecular structure of a mysterious glutamate receptor. Read More

Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem, particularly among people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Read More

The Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to 菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators in support of VICC鈥檚 drug discovery program. The gift awarded over the next three years from the private, San Antonio, Texas-based foundation will enable VICC researchers to pursue the development of new compounds to block the activity of cancer-causing genes and proteins that had previously been considered 鈥渦ndruggable.鈥� Read More

Antidepressant use during pregnancy is common. Fetal exposure to the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is associated with the life-threatening condition PPHN (persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn), but a causal link has not been established. Read More

During development, neural circuits are remodeled 鈥� some synapses are eliminated and others are strengthened 鈥� to produce a mature, functional nervous system. Read More

The 2C-subtype of the serotonin receptor (5HT2C), which binds the neurotransmitter serotonin, plays an important role in regulating food intake and metabolism. Read More