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The Sodium/Iodide symporter (NIS) is a critical protein that facilitates the active transport of iodide into thyroid cells, essential for synthesizing thyroid hormones. Recent advancements in engineering NIS variants aim to selectively transport oxyanions, offering innovative therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment in the thyroid and elsewhere while minimizing side effects.

Vanderbilt University researchers have developed groundbreaking photonic technology that can manipulate light in unprecedented ways, opening up new opportunities for high-speed, high-capacity data transmission. By rotating a dielectric bar within a photonic crystal unit cell, and arraying these unit cells along one direction to form an optical waveguide, the researchers create a new hybrid longitudinally and transverse polarized guided mode in which, for the first time, a longitudinally polarized field component in an optical waveguide supports net energy transport. The new hybrid guided mode leads to the formation of a new type of photonic bandgap and topological protection that can enable highly directional propagation with minimal back reflection.

Vanderbilt researchershave identified two novel curcumin derivative compounds withenhanced anti-inflammatory activity and improvedtherapeutic potential.

Vanderbilt researchers have developed a novel skin assessment platform that analyzes the molecular composition of skin using artificial intelligence to match individuals with optimal skincare products.