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Stomach

  • Stomach Disease Research – Original

    Stomach Disease Research – Original

      Stomach Disorders Vanderbilt School of Medicine basic science researchers study stomach (gastric) cancer by uncovering the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive tumor initiation, progression, and treatment resistance. Work spans cancer genetics and epigenetics, oncogenic signaling, metabolism, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment and immune system. Many labs use… Read More

    Jan. 28, 2026

  • Stomach Disease Research

    Stomach Disease Research

    Stomach Disorders Vanderbilt School of Medicine basic science researchers study stomach (gastric) cancer by uncovering the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive tumor initiation, progression, and treatment resistance. Work spans cancer genetics and epigenetics, oncogenic signaling, metabolism, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment and immune system. Many labs use patient-derived… Read More

    Jan. 10, 2026

  • 3D graphic of a stomach; you can see inside the stomach. A red mass is growing at the lower end.

    To cause cancer or not to cause cancer: What leads to H. pylori-induced stomach malignancies

    Researchers from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University have figured out how two bacterial elements present in only some Helicobacter pylori strains lead to molecular changes in host tissues that favor the development of gastric cancer. Read More

    Apr. 2, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    Investigation of Helicobacter pylori infection highlights opportunities for early gastric cancer detection

    By Emily Overway Timothy Cover, professor of pathology, microbiology, and immunology, published an article in mSphere in late 2021 investigating infection by Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that infects the stomach, potentially leading to gastric cancer. The research for the paper “Loss of Corpus-Specific Lipids in Helicobacter… Read More

    Jan. 28, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    An ounce of prevention is worth two pounds of cure

    https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/t2-main/medschool-prd/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2020/04/Goldenring_Website-1.mp4   By Sarah Glass Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the U.S. © Crystal light, stock.adobe.com Clocking in at two pounds, the stomach is one of the body’s heaviest internal organs and can become afflicted with one of the leading causes… Read More

    Apr. 10, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    The tale of the targeted mouse

    By Sarah Glass https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/t2-main/medschool-prd/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2020/02/Coffey_Updated.mp4   3D illustration of colorectal cancer. Kateryna_Kon, stock.adobe.com. Researchers from the labs of Robert Coffey (Medicine) and Jacob Houghton (Radiology and Radiological Sciences) report in Gastroenterology the identification of two human antibodies, P1X and P2X, that can neutralize EGFR in mice. EGFR,… Read More

    Feb. 13, 2020