Health And Medicine
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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
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Basic Sciences launches new Extracellular Vesicle Research Center
The Program for Extracellular Vesicle Research has been upgraded to the Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research, one of nine official centers and institutes associated with the School of Medicine Basic Sciences. Read MoreJul 13, 2021
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School of Nursing awarded NIH grant to integrate genomics education into clinical and research-based nursing fields
Associate Professor of Nursing Laurie Connors has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute to train doctoral nurses in the translation and integration of genomics into academics, research and clinical practice. Read MoreJul 13, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Novel discovery describes how the motor cortex influences stress responses in brain regions involved in drug- and alcohol-seeking behavior
Exercise and movement may be a prescription to mitigate drug and alcohol seeking behavior due to its influence on the brain. Est. reading time: 3 mins. Read MoreJun 24, 2021
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Craig Lindsley named to Medicinal Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society Hall of Fame
Craig Lindsley, the William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine and director of Vanderbilt’s Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, will be inducted to the 2021 class of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame. Read MoreJun 15, 2021
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New study finds community activists in Brazil’s favelas play a critical role in combatting COVID-19
A Vanderbilt co-authored study of Brazilian responses to COVID-19 offers insight on the merits of social medicine while challenging widely held assumptions about traditional public health models. Read MoreJun 11, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Finding confirms process by which ketamine acts as an antidepressant
Research led by Lisa Monteggia reveals that ketamine provides antidepressant effects by blocking key neural pathway. Est. reading time: 3 mins. Read MoreJun 10, 2021
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Maternal health expert wins NIH grant to study disparity in cesarean births among Black and white women
Assistant Professor of Nursing Jeremy Neal has been awarded an R21 exploratory/development grant of more than $250,000 from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to assess the differences in labor progress and care among Black and white women with low-risk pregnancies. Read MoreJun 7, 2021
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VUMC team discovers new genetic disease
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a new genetic disease that causes a severe form of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, a rapid drop in blood pressure upon standing that can cause fainting. Read MoreJun 3, 2021
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Predictive model identifies patients for genetic testing
Patients who, perhaps unbeknownst to their health care providers, are in need of genetic testing for rare undiagnosed diseases can be identified en masse based on routine information in electronic health records (EHRs), a research team reported June 3. Read MoreJun 3, 2021