Liz Entman
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Obesity negates beneficial drug effects
Lin Zhu and Rob Stafford have found that obesity interferes with cholesterol-improving CTEP inhibitors. Read MoreNov 8, 2018
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Study of Google data collection comes amid increased scrutiny over digital privacy
If you use an Android device with the Chrome browser running, the tech giant knows whether you are traveling by foot or car, where you shop, how often you use your Starbucks app and when you’ve made a doctor’s appointment, according to research by Doug Schmidt. Read MoreNov 1, 2018
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Team’s findings show glutamine metabolism affects T cell signaling
Jeffrey Rathmell and colleagues show that a drug that inhibits glutamine metabolism — currently in clinical trials as an anticancer agent — might also be useful as a treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Read MoreNov 1, 2018
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Team seeks to identify immune response to influenza
Vanderbilt researchers led by Buddy Creech are searching for the key to lasting protection against influenza by examining naturally protecting cells found in bone marrow. Read MoreNov 1, 2018
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Take a lot of sick days? Who you know and where you live might be partly to blame
New research by Lijun Song suggests that knowing high-status people may not always be good for your health--but it depends on how economically unequal your country is. Read MoreNov 1, 2018
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Two proteins slow down the train of DNA replication in Drosophila
This work was the foundation for an NSF grant to interrogate how the Rif1 protein controls DNA replication. Read MoreOct 29, 2018
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Vanderbilt engineers to train neural networks and enhance Chattanooga transit system
Vanderbilt's Abhishek Dubey and Yuche Chen are helping to build new tools to revolutionize the energy efficiency of transit providers in Chattanooga. Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Reinhart-King receives inaugural BMES Mid-Career Award
Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, is the inaugural recipient of the Biomedical Engineering Society’s Mid-Career Award, which recognizes meritorious achievements and leadership in biomedical engineering and significant involvement and sustained contributions to the BMES. Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Mary Kay Foundation grant to bolster immunotherapy research
The grant will allow Charles Caskey to lead research into using ultrasound as an image-guided therapy for drug delivery. Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Grant to help explore critical issues in Down syndrome
The grant will allow Kennedy Center researchers to analyze data from VUMC's Synthetic Derivative and BioVU databanks to study biomarkers associated with Down Syndrome. Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Studying cellular deliveries
James Patton and colleagues have demonstrated how colon cancer cells transmit genetic data to other cells. Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Probing the pathology of impaired cognition
A new link between a support protein within the brain's white matter and known Alzheimer's biomarkers discovered by Angela Jefferson and colleagues bring researchers a step toward earlier and more precise detection of neuropathology underlying cognitive impairment that may lead to new targeted therapies Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Grant enhances study of new chemotherapy targets
Vanderbilt chemists have been awarded $7.2 million over the next five years from the National Cancer Institute to lead an initiative to better understand how a combination chemotherapy for breast cancer targets DNA. Read MoreOct 19, 2018
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Vanderbilt Poll: Tennessee Senate race a toss-up; Lee in lead for governor
New horse-race poll: Tennessee Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn (R) is virtually tied with Phil Bredesen (D) at 43-44, while gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee (R) leads Democrat Karl Dean (D) 48-37. Read MoreOct 18, 2018
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Targeting diabetic kidney disease
Raymond Harris, Ming-Zhi Zhang and colleagues suggest pathways activated by the epidermal growth factor receptor may be promising targets for treating diabetic kidney disease. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Asthma’s androgen connection
New findings by Dawn Newcomb and colleagues suggest an explanation for why women are more prone to asthma than men. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Cellular stress defense
Research led by Sanjay Mishra, and colleagues suggests modular sHSP architecture contributes to the ability of heat-protective proteins to serve as chaperones for a range of unfolded proteins. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Insulin accelerant
Reducing nitric oxide helps insulin move more quickly through blood vessels, find David Wasserman and colleagues. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Novel genetic study sheds new light on risk of heart attack
Loss of a protein that regulates mitochondrial function can greatly increase the risk of a heart attack, report Eric Gamazon, Sandra Zinkel and graduate students Christie Salisbury-Ruf and Clinton Bertram in new research. Read MoreOct 11, 2018
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Team’s study reveals hidden lives of medical biomarkers
The hidden lives of medical biomarkers are the focus of a recent study in Nature Communications by Jonathan Mosley. Read MoreOct 11, 2018