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Thyroid Cancer

  • Thyroid Research

    Thyroid Research

    Link List – Right Hand Column PlaceholderRefresh After Saving to Remove CENTERS & INSTITUTES: Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR) Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (WCNDD) Vanderbilt Brain Institute The Thyroid The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the front of the neck that produces hormones… Read More

    Jan. 13, 2026

  • RNAscope of representative anaplastic thyroid cancer samples showing staining for TNC or fibroblast-activating protein. Credit: Hartmann, H. A. et al. (2025). Tenascin-C promotes tumor progression in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma via Wnt activation. Endocrinology, 166(4), Article bqaf030. https://doi.org/10.1210/endocr/bqaf030

    Vanderbilt researchers identify key molecular driver in aggressive thyroid cancer

    Researchers discovered that the protein tenascin-C is a crucial molecular player in the aggressiveness of anaplastic thyroid cancer. The results could lead to better targeted therapeutics for thyroid cancer. Read More

    Apr. 3, 2025

  • New faculty Nancy Carrasco - Molecular Physiology, in her lab at Light Hall for Vanderbilt Magazine.

    Researchers determine the structure of key thyroid iodide transporter

    A group of Vanderbilt researchers has become the first group to uncover the 3D structure of the sodium/iodide symporter, also called NIS—the membrane protein that transports iodide into the thyroid. This protein, which is critical for cell metabolism, is also integral to the most successful internal radiation cancer therapy: radioiodide… Read More

    Dec. 16, 2022