Health And Medicine
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Infection, Immunology Symposium set for April 10 at Student Life Center
The Vanderbilt Symposium on Infection and Immunology will be held Friday, April 10, at the Student Life Center. Registration deadline is April 1. Keynote speakers and their topics are: Raul Andino, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, “RNA virus population dynamics and the mechanisms of replication and adaptation;” Adrian Erlebacher,… Read MoreMar 19, 2015
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Vanderbilt team first to blend high-end imaging techniques
Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first “image fusion” of mass spectrometry and microscopy — a technical tour de force that could, among other things, dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Read MoreMar 5, 2015
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Grant to boost head and neck lymphedema research
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to establish a valid, clinically useful measurement battery for head and neck lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF). Read MoreMar 5, 2015
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Moses, Shyr named to Institute of Medicine cancer therapies panel
Two Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) leaders have been named to a panel of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to help shape national policies on the use of biomarkers for targeted cancer therapies. Read MoreMar 5, 2015
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Academic Pediatric Association honors VUMC’s Ruiz
Rachel Ruiz, M.D., a second-year resident in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named an Academic Pediatric Association (APA) New Century Scholar. Read MoreMar 5, 2015
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Study reveals salt’s role in infection control
Researchers at Vanderbilt University and in Germany have found that sodium — salt — accumulates in the skin and tissue in humans and mice to help control infection. Read MoreMar 5, 2015
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Zanic’s journey to the lab followed winding path
It’s roughly 5,000 miles from Croatia to Tennessee as the crow flies. Read MoreMar 5, 2015
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VU study finds peanut consumption associated with decreased total mortality and mortality from cardiovascular diseases
If you’re looking for a simple way to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack, consider going nuts. Read MoreMar 2, 2015
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Studies show human antibodies can fight lethal Marburg virus
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and The Scripps Research Institute for the first time have shown how human antibodies can neutralize the Marburg virus, a close cousin to Ebola. Read MoreFeb 26, 2015
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Respiratory viruses are main childhood pneumonia culprit: Study
Respiratory viruses, not bacterial infections, are the most commonly detected causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children, according to new research released Feb. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read MoreFeb 26, 2015
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Cancer survival improvements vary by age, race
Improvements in cancer diagnosis and treatment have led to longer survival for most cancer patients in the United States. However, the improvement in survival was substantially greater among younger patients and those who are white in most of the cancers studied, according to new research by Vanderbilt University investigators. Read MoreFeb 26, 2015
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Vanderbilt to study use of plasma on LifeFlight, extends trial to Rutherford County base
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in a national trial to see if outcomes for critically injured patients with uncontrolled bleeding can be improved by administering plasma to these patients while in flight to the hospital. Randomized patients who are at risk of hemorrhaging could receive… Read MoreFeb 25, 2015
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Antibiotics with anticancer potential
A series of experimental antibiotics may be a good starting point for developing new anticancer drugs. Read MoreFeb 25, 2015
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Contributors to coronavirus ‘fitness’
Understanding the role that host membrane modification plays in coronavirus replication is essential for developing novel approaches to block the viruses that cause SARS and MERS. Read MoreFeb 24, 2015
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Tiny model of diabetes
Vanderbilt University researchers have created a zebrafish model of skeletal muscle insulin resistance that could help improve diabetes treatment. Read MoreFeb 20, 2015
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‘Stretched’ cells promote cancer
Mechanical stress appears to be a critical factor in activating normal tissue-associated fibroblasts to generate cancer-associated fibroblasts. Read MoreFeb 19, 2015
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Vitamin D found to have no impact on blood pressure
Despite prior epidemiologic and experimental data to the contrary, new research shows that vitamin D supplementation does not reduce blood pressure in individuals with prehypertension or stage I hypertension and vitamin D deficiency. Read MoreFeb 19, 2015
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Study sheds light on a ‘guardian’ protein of brain function
Mitochondria not only are the cell’s main power producers, they are also the chief cooks and bottle washers. Read MoreFeb 19, 2015
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Grant spurs schizophrenia research
Vanderbilt University is partnering with the William K. Warren Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on research aimed at improving the treatment of schizophrenia and other forms of serious mental illness. Read MoreFeb 12, 2015
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Hazy definition may hamper catatonia care
Catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and a trance-like mental stupor, can at times manifest with great excitement and confusion. And while it is often associated with schizophrenia, it can present in patients with either medical or psychiatric conditions. For this reason, the condition has often confused clinicians. Read MoreFeb 12, 2015