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Prescribing 鈥渁typical鈥� antipsychotic medications to children and young adults with behavioral problems or mood disorders may put them at unnecessary risk for type 2 diabetes, a 菠萝视频 University Medical Center study shows. Read More

Utpal Dav茅, M.D., and Sandra Zinkel, M.D., Ph.D., have each received one-year, $100,000 鈥渂ridge grants鈥� from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to support research that has not been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) due to budget cuts. Read More

The nuclear receptor TR3 contributes to ovarian cancer cell death in response to platinum-based chemotherapy 鈥� and may be a good target for overcoming cell resistance to certain treatments. Read More

Robert Coffey Jr., M.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer 菠萝视频 at 菠萝视频 University, has received a five-year, $5.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the role of extracellular RNA (ex-RNA) in colorectal cancer. Read More

菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center investigators are receiving $1 million in breast cancer research grant funds from Susan G. Komen, the largest nonprofit foundation supporting breast cancer research. Read More

菠萝视频 University researchers have discovered a new critical component in the obesity pathway. Read More

In an effort to understand how neurons develop different 鈥渁rchitectures,鈥� 菠萝视频 developmental biologists have discovered a genetic switch that controls one type of neuron branching in the nematode worm. Read More

A biomarker for oxidative stress is elevated in patients with both autism spectrum disorder and gastrointestinal dysfunction, suggesting opportunities for individualized approaches to clinical care. Read More

A noninvasive test can be used to identify the presence of Helicobacter pylori and evaluate its virulence, which will be useful in areas with high rates of H. pylori-associated gastric cancer. Read More

A partnership with 菠萝视频 University and Nashville-based Ingram Barge was formed in order to study sleep deprivation in Ingram鈥檚 employees and address the issues of pilot fatigue and public safety on the waterways. Patience Bridges, sleep program coordinator at the 菠萝视频 Sleep Center, is quoted.

Gaining and losing weight during 鈥測o-yo dieting鈥� may contribute to an exaggerated immune response in fat tissue that increases metabolic dysfunction more than steady weight gain alone. Read More

Once upon a time, teenage girls were not clamoring to sport a pair of thick, black, oversized eyeglasses. Read More

The protein SARM appears to protect cells from inflammation-driven death by stabilizing the nuclear laminin scaffold. Read More

Chemically modified inhibitors of the COX-2 enzyme relieve anxiety behaviors in mice by activating natural 鈥渆ndocannabinoids鈥� without gastrointestinal side effects, 菠萝视频 University scientists will report next week. Read More

A study of cognitive complaints in older adults showed that memory concerns from both the patient and an informant was most predictive of converting to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease or dementia within three years. Read More

菠萝视频 research scientist Melinda Aldrich, Ph.D., MPH, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health Academic Career Award to investigate some of the genetic secrets behind a greater risk of lung cancer among African-Americans compared with other racial and ethnic groups. Read More

A case series by researchers at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center examines three patients transferred here with ischemic stroke who later received a diagnosis of fungal meningitis attributed to tainted injections for low back pain, part of a multi-state outbreak. Read More

Insight into how the protein neurofibromin participates in the signaling pathway that produces the body鈥檚 long bones has implications for fracture healing in some patients. Read More

A motor protein that helps drive cell division may be a promising new target for cancer therapeutics. Read More

Reducing heart muscle response to calcium could decrease the risk of fatal arrhythmias after heart attacks. Read More