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An antioxidant enzyme also functions as a tumor suppressor to limit cancer development in the esophagus. Read More

John Wikswo, Gordon A. Cain University Professor of biomedical engineering and A. B. Learned Professor of Living Physics, presented "Homunculi and I: Lessons from building organs on chips" at TedX Nashville April 6, 2013. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ researchers have developed a novel algorithm to improve results from proteomic studies. Read More

Eating fava beans increases dopamine in blood and urine, but does not stimulate urinary sodium excretion. Read More

An immune system factor associated with severe asthma may actually reduce asthma attacks induced by viral infections. Read More

Tucked in a data center in the basement of 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Hospital, a new computer the size of a large armoire, called a data warehouse appliance, is delivering a new order of speed to 91ÌƲ®»¢ clinical scientists as they search, filter, analyze and annotate the de-identified medical records of approximately 2 million patients. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ Heart and Vascular Institute is participating in a clinical study to further evaluate the safety and feasibility of rapidly lowering the body’s temperature to significantly reduce the amount of damage caused by a heart attack. Read More

Dietary variety – not high-fat or sugary foods – appears to stimulate overeating in a mouse model of an inherited obesity syndrome. Read More

Health disparities between white and black adults in the South are not connected to a lack of exercise but more likely related to other factors such as access to health care, socioeconomic status and perhaps genetics, according to a 91ÌƲ®»¢ study published in PLoS ONE. Read More

An international team of scientists, including six from 91ÌƲ®»¢ University, has identified the first unique genetic determinants of body mass index (BMI) in people of African ancestry. Read More

A gene associated with cell survival and longevity may protect the kidney from acute injury. Read More

Dysfunction of the endothelial cells that line blood vessels may contribute to delirium and coma in critically ill patients – and could be a target for therapy. Read More

Targeting repair pathways in the lung’s air sacs may be a valuable therapeutic direction for pulmonary fibrosis – the scarring of lung tissue. Read More

Overexpression of a gene that is a common culprit in leukemia induces stem cell-like features in T cells, which may enable the cells to become cancerous. Read More

The future of cancer is becoming clearer. And it’s not looking so good for cancer. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ in the last two years to examine the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine has raised public doubt about the flu shot's effectiveness. But two 91ÌƲ®»¢ researchers co-wrote an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently to help balance the current debate. Read More

Carlos Arteaga, M.D., professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology at 91ÌƲ®»¢, has been elected president-elect of the American Association for Cancer 91ÌƲ®»¢ for 2013-2014. Read More

Immune cells that recognize self antigens (e.g. insulin), but are functionally silent, can trigger autoimmune diseases such as diabetes. Read More

The gene Has2 participates in signaling that is important in developing fingers and toes, and may have relevance for cancer development. Read More

Berberine, an herbal remedy for diarrhea and intestinal parasites, may be useful in colon cancer therapy. Read More