Research
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Hypertension hiatus
New findings offer a potential strategy for preventing heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension. Read MoreFeb 23, 2016
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Governor’s Academy for School Leadership launches at Peabody College
Nashville assistant principals have been selected for a one-year fellowship in which they will receive mentorship and coaching. Read MoreFeb 23, 2016
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Research project measuring congressional effectiveness to expand with $200,000 grant
A database measuring the effectiveness of the House of Representatives will be expanded to the Senate, with the help of a $200,000 grant Read MoreFeb 22, 2016
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Fulbright information sessions Feb. 22, March 1
Current Vanderbilt graduate students interested in going abroad during the 2017-2018 academic year to conduct research related to their degree programs should consider applying for a Fulbright research grant. Read MoreFeb 22, 2016
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Obama names Vanderbilt’s Chris Lemons among extraordinary early-career scientists
President Barack Obama has named Vanderbilt researcher Christopher J. Lemons among the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. It is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Read MoreFeb 19, 2016
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Face recognition and social anxiety
An inability to recognize faces may be an important mechanism underlying social inhibition and may contribute to, or maintain, social anxiety. Read MoreFeb 19, 2016
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Combining treatments for melanoma
Combining therapies for melanoma that induce cell senescence and that activate the immune response may improve outcomes for patients. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Study leads to new heart transplant decision support tool
Because donor organs are scarce, understanding the mortality risk associated with heart transplantation is an important consideration when evaluating patients for transplant. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Longest-lasting stellar eclipse discovered
Astronomers have discovered an unnamed pair of stars that sets a new record for both the longest duration stellar eclipse (3.5 years) and longest period between eclipses (69 years) in a binary system. Read MoreFeb 17, 2016
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School turnaround focus of five-year, $5M study
Evaluating a new initiative to turn around North Carolina’s lowest-performing schools is the focus of a new Vanderbilt University study. Read MoreFeb 17, 2016
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Gravity waves topic of Feb. 18 colloquium
A team of Columbia University physicists who participated in the first detection of gravity waves will describe the monumental discovery in a free public lecture on campus Thursday, Feb. 18. Read MoreFeb 12, 2016
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VU Inside: Dr. William Fissell’s Artificial Kidney
Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William Fissell IV is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an artificial implantable kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart. Read MoreFeb 12, 2016
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Neanderthal DNA has subtle but significant impact on human traits
The first study that directly compares Neanderthal DNA in the genomes of a significant population of adults of European ancestry with their clinical records confirms that this archaic genetic legacy has a subtle but significant impact on modern human biology. Read MoreFeb 11, 2016
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Slight chemical change may improve TB treatments: study
One small chemical change to an existing antibacterial drug results in a compound that is more effective against its target enzyme in tuberculosis, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read MoreFeb 11, 2016
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Study identifies potential colon cancer biomarker
A protein that suppresses a key cancer pathway in the colon may be a potential biomarker for colitis-associated tumors, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported last month in the journal Gut. Read MoreFeb 11, 2016
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Overcoming lung cancer drug resistance
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a way to overcome the resistance of some lung cancers to certain targeted therapies, which could lead to more effective treatments for lung cancer patients. Read MoreFeb 10, 2016
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Price determines whether calorie information sways consumer choices
The perception of a good deal can lead consumers down an unhealthy path, according to a study from a Vanderbilt business school professor. Read MoreFeb 9, 2016
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Therapies to prevent preterm birth
Vanderbilt researchers have developed a high-throughput assay that will aid in identifying new compounds to treat preterm labor or postpartum bleeding. Read MoreFeb 9, 2016
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Building intestinal brush borders
Studies of the molecular complex that helps build specialized cellular surfaces could shed light on the mechanisms underlying a genetic deaf-blindness syndrome accompanied by intestinal disease. Read MoreFeb 8, 2016
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Cotton candy machines may hold key for making artificial organs
Vanderbilt engineers have modified a cotton candy machine to create complex microfluidic networks that mimic the capillary system in living tissue and have demonstrated that these networks can keep cells alive and functioning in an artificial three-dimensional matrix. Read MoreFeb 8, 2016