Research
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“Extractionator” could bring high-tech medical diagnostics to rural areas
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given them $1 million to three Vanderbilt scientists to develop a point-of-care sample collection and preparation product that could bring advanced medical diagnostic testing to the third world. Read MoreDec 16, 2011
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New schizophrenia drug candidates entering prep for first-in-human testing
The progression of new drug candidates for schizophrenia with partner Janssen Pharmaceutica is the latest evidence that a new collaborative model for drug discovery pioneered at Vanderbilt may help identify and develop innovative candidate drugs for treatment of major brain disorders. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Young stem cells counter kidney aging
Young bone marrow cells alleviate aging-related kidney changes in mice. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Divvying up chromosomes
Protein helps ensure proper division of chromosomes during cell division. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Virus-linked cancer gets help from host
Host cell protein may be a target for strategies to limit spread of virus-induced squamous cell cancers. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Offspring of childhood cancer survivors have no increased risk for birth defects
Children of childhood cancer survivors who were treated with radiation or some forms of do not have an increased risk for birth defects compared to children of cancer survivors who did not receive such treatments. Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Jeffrey Sosman named to melanoma research ‘Dream Team’
Jeffrey Sosman (Vanderbilt) Jeffrey Sosman, professor of medicine at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named to a melanoma research Dream Team of cancer investigators supported by Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Melanoma Research Alliance. Sosman is among the Dream Team’s principal investigators who… Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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Vanderbilt sets record for number of new AAAS fellows
Fourteen Vanderbilt researchers have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Read MoreDec 14, 2011
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New method for enhancing thermal conductivity could cool computer chips, lasers and other devices
Vanderbilt engineers have discovered a surprising new way to increase a material’s thermal conductivity that provides a new tool for managing thermal effects in computers, lasers and a number of other powered devices. Read MoreDec 14, 2011
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Something big from something small: The 10th anniversary of VINSE
Vanderbilt researchers working at the smallest scale celebrate a huge milestone this year. The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), seeded from a university-funded $16 million venture capital fund initiative, celebrates its 10th anniversary in December. Read MoreDec 13, 2011
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Stanley Cohen’s Nobel Prize: 25 years of progress
Twenty-five years after he received the Nobel Prize, Stanley Cohen’s discovery of epidermal growth factor continues to transform medicine. Read MoreDec 9, 2011
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Informatics team creates gene app, wins national contest
Members of informatics team have been recognized by National Library of Medicine for gene app. Read MoreDec 9, 2011
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Study leads to simpler therapy for treating latent tuberculosis
Research led by Timothy Sterling, professor of medicine, has led to an important change in The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations in the regimen for prevention of the centuries-old scourge, tuberculosis. Read MoreDec 9, 2011
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Higher education, federal government ‘intimately connected’
The federal government’s increasing involvement in higher education over the past 100 years has created an intimate relationship that was once virtually nonexistent. Read MoreDec 9, 2011
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Vanderbilt nuclear physicist elected to European academy
Physics professor Joseph H. Hamilton has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea, a non-governmental association that serves as a European academy of arts and sciences. Read MoreDec 8, 2011
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Move out, cholesterol
Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis. Read MoreDec 8, 2011
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Parent-led discussion enhances children’s learning from television
Children learn more from television when parents interact with them similarly to book reading. Read MoreDec 7, 2011
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Lung nodule surgery not always “futile”
Even when lung operations for suspected cancer resection results in a benign diagnosis, there still may be significant benefits to the procedure, new research suggests. Read MoreDec 7, 2011
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Pushing lipids into the limelight
Photo of post doctoral researcher Michal Kliman that ran on the cover of Chemical & Engineering News magazine in October. (Steve Green / Vanderbilt) In the world of molecular biology, lipids haven’t gotten as much respect or attention as nucleic acids and proteins even though they play… Read MoreDec 6, 2011
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Study points to personal treatment for atrial fibrillation
Individuals with atrial fibrillation who have a particular genetic variant respond better to rate control therapy. Read MoreDec 6, 2011