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A new anti-seizure target?
Vanderbilt neurologists have identified a protein modification that could be targeted to reduce neuronal excitability in epilepsy. Read MoreDecember 12, 2019
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Gregor Mendel would be proud
A computational method that uses hospital billing codes and electronic health records can identify genetic disease cases before clinical teams do. Read MoreDecember 12, 2019
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Genetic screen in worms reveals critical step in insulin synthesis
The identification of a protein important for insulin synthesis may hold clues for understanding the pathogenesis of diabetes. Read MoreDecember 4, 2019
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Getting the goods on obesity
Obesity and two post-operative complications linked with it have associated genetic variants in common, suggesting that obesity may be the culprit. Read MoreNovember 19, 2019
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Understanding cell division
Vanderbilt researchers have uncovered another piece in the puzzle of how cells divide — a process that goes awry in cancer cells. Read MoreNovember 18, 2019
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Blueprint for treating epilepsy
Structural details of a protein that is essential to normal brain function could improve treatments for epilepsy and other seizure disorders. Read MoreNovember 14, 2019
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RSV transmission in the Middle East
Understanding how RSV is transmitted, which strains dominate and how new strains emerge around the globe will guide better vaccine and anti-viral drug design. Read MoreNovember 14, 2019
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Neuromodulation device studied as non-addictive option for chronic pain
With $3.6 million in funding, researchers from the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science are developing a focused ultrasound neuromodulation device as a non-invasive and non-addictive method for treating chronic pain. Read MoreNovember 11, 2019
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How to fake a medical record in order to mitigate privacy risks
In machine learning, generative adversarial networks (GANs) involve two artificial neural networks squaring off, one, the generator, trying to delude the other, the discriminator, into accepting synthetic data as real. Beyond their science and engineering applications, GANs can generate utterly convincing “photographs” of people who do not exist. Unrestricted use on a wide scale of... Read MoreNovember 4, 2019
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How to fake a medical record
Simulated electronic health records could avoid patient privacy risks and help speed discovery. Read MoreNovember 4, 2019