Research
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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
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Study finds more young people becoming nurses
Nursing shortage eased by 62 percent increase in young nurses over past decade. Read MoreDec 6, 2011
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Ecstasy drug produces lasting toxicity in the brain
Recreational use of the "rave" drug Ecstasy is associated with chronic changes in the human brain. Read MoreDec 6, 2011
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Drug target for deadly heart infection
Structural biology studies of a bacterial protein suggest a new target for treating life-threatening heart infection. Read MoreDec 1, 2011
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Pathway to colon cancer progression
Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis. Read MoreDec 1, 2011
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Groundbreaking legal research shows potentially serious failures in the Model Penal Code
Groundbreaking new legal research from a team of Vanderbilt University and other researchers suggests that juror confusion over how to apply the Model Penal Code in criminal trials could cause major, unnoticed and life-altering sentencing errors. Read MoreDec 1, 2011
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ISIS pioneers model-integrated computing
Recent ongoing research highlights the Institute for Software Integrated Systems' broad, multidisciplinary impact. Read MoreNov 30, 2011
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Researcher: Republicans are fumbling the immigration issue
When the Republican presidential candidates ramp up anti-immigrant rhetoric this campaign season, they are likely to alienate conservative-leaning Latinos. Read MoreNov 28, 2011
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Vanderbilt scholar’s research with black males expands to Pittsburgh
Two western Pennsylvania school systems will use a program developed at Vanderbilt University to encourage young black males to be successful in school and go on to college. Read MoreNov 23, 2011
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Students displaced by school closures need high-quality alternatives
Students displaced by school closures experience adverse effects both on test scores and attendance—unless they are transferred to substantially higher-performing schools. Read MoreNov 23, 2011