Health And Medicine
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Study reveals missing link between high-fat diet, microbiota and heart disease
A high-fat diet disrupts the biology of the gut’s inner lining and its microbial communities — and promotes the production of a metabolite that may contribute to heart disease, according to a study published Aug. 13 in the journal Science. Read MoreAug 12, 2021
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Study identifies biomarker for breast cancer response to immunotherapy
A biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma patients also has clinical relevance for breast cancer patients, according to a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research. Read MoreAug 12, 2021
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Vega selected as 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
Paige Vega, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, has been selected as the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. Read MoreAug 11, 2021
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Faculty Innovator: Daniel Fabbri demonstrates academic and entrepreneurial prowess
Professor and entrepreneur finds startup success with Vanderbilt’s spirit of collaboration and innovation. Read MoreAug 11, 2021
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Ask an Expert: When will vaccines be approved for children under 12?
Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares the latest available information on when COVID-19 vaccines will be approved for children under 12. Read MoreAug 10, 2021
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Sudden death from deep in the brain?
Vanderbilt neurologists found altered excitability in deep brain structures that they note may drive respiratory dysfunction and sudden death in a rare form of epilepsy. Read MoreAug 9, 2021
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Aug. 18: Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy and VUMC present ‘Vaccine Hesitancy: The Politics of Public Health in Tennessee’
The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will host “Vaccine Hesitancy: The Politics of Public Health in Tennessee,” a virtual event, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at noon CT. Read MoreAug 5, 2021
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Study finds genetic factor undermines H. pylori treatment
Helicobacter pylori, a stomach-dwelling bacterium, is a strong risk factor for gastric cancer, peptic ulcers and other debilitating gastrointestinal disorders. Read MoreAug 4, 2021
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Ask an Expert: When will COVID-19 vaccines be fully licensed?
Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares what we know about when COVID-19 vaccines will be fully approved. Read MoreAug 3, 2021
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Watch: ‘Watts, Metabolism, Data Analytics: Science’s Impact on Cycling over 25 Years’
Join the School of Medicine Basic Sciences’ monthly Lab-to-Table series for a conversation with former Tour de France and Olympic athletes about science and cycling. The discussion will touch on the athletes’ personal experiences with training, coaching and medicine in cycling and how biomedical science has shaped their efforts. The virtual event will be Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. CT. Read MoreAug 3, 2021
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Ask an Expert: What do we know about the delta variant?
Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses what we know about the delta variant of COVID-19. Read MoreJul 29, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Researchers derive new cancer therapies to decrease the risk of heart damage
Following decades of worldwide research standstills on cancer drug improvement, Steven Townsend and his team of researchers synthesize cancer therapeutics that bypass toxicity aimed at heart health. Est. reading time: 2.5 minutes. Read MoreJul 29, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Discovery points to ketamine’s long-term antidepressant effects
Lisa Monteggia leads discovery of the gene responsible for ketamine’s long-term effects with implications for antidepressant therapeutics. Est. reading time: 2.5 mins. Read MoreJul 28, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Novel discovery describes the mechanisms of wound detection in the body
Pioneering research from Vanderbilt scientists discovers the mechanism by which epithelial cells first find and react to wounds. Est. reading time: 3 mins. Read MoreJul 27, 2021
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Research Snapshot: First-ever gene expression map of an entire nervous system completed; researchers share data to expedite research into genetic defects affecting the brain
David Miller and Seth Taylor push genetic research forward by leading the completion of a gene expression atlas for the entire nervous system of the nematode C. elegans Est. reading time: 1.5 mins. Read MoreJul 26, 2021
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Researchers discover that protein switches functions to regulate DNA replication
Vanderbilt biochemists have discovered that the protein RADX has different biological effects at sites of DNA synthesis, depending on the cellular conditions — even though it works the same way in both stressed and unstressed cells. Read MoreJul 22, 2021
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School of Nursing receives more than $3 million from Health Resources and Services Administration to improve access to care in rural and underserved areas
Vanderbilt School of Nursing professors Ginny Moore and Marci Zsamboky will expand programs and education for nurse practitioner specialties in sexual assault and behavioral health. Read MoreJul 22, 2021
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Vanderbilt researchers discuss innovative research on melanoma
With the peak of summer approaching, Vanderbilt researchers will discuss innovative research on melanoma and how new insights could lead to less toxic treatments and better outcomes for patients. “Toward a Cure for Melanoma” will take place on Tuesday, July 27, at noon CT. Read MoreJul 21, 2021
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Drug allergy labels in medical records power searches for gene-drug associations
2.2 million patients admitted to U.S. hospitals in 1994 were either admitted due to a serious adverse drug reaction or had a serious ADR while in the hospital. With BioVU, researchers are conducting a retrospective scan for information that confer risk of an ADR involves a search for exposures to the drug of interest and natural language processing of clinical notes to sort out normal and abnormal drug responses. Read MoreJul 17, 2021
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Arterial stiffening linked to Alzheimer’s disease
A research team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center reports in Neurology that greater stiffening of the aorta, the main artery in the human body, is associated in older adults with increased Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology as reflected in a ra... Read MoreJul 15, 2021