Cicadas
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Novel research explores way to restore silenced voices
A 2011 cicada swarm is leading to transinstitutional research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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VUCast: I’m helping you!
Cicadas could hold clues to fighting diseases – catch some cool facts about the bugs. Plus, a “funny” new pain killer for moms; and changing America’s most important safeguard against government abuse. [vucastblurb] … Read MoreJun 17, 2011
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Bad buzz about blue-eyed cicadas
Photo of a true blue-eyed cicada (Matt Weiss, Cicada Mania) Have you heard the latest buzz going round that scientists at Vanderbilt are paying as much as $3,000 for specimens of the rare blue-eyed cicada? If you have, I hope you haven’t spent a lot of time… Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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