Erin Plosa
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Why does COVID-19 seem to spare children? Vanderbilt University Medical Center study offers an answer
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and their colleagues have determined a key factor as to why COVID-19 appears to infect and sicken adults and older people preferentially while seeming to spare younger children. Read MoreNov 18, 2020
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Team tracks integrin’s role in lung function
Beta-1 integrin, a critical component of epithelial extracellular matrix receptors, is essential for normal lung function in adulthood, researchers at VUMC have discovered. Read MoreFeb 6, 2020
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Integrin discovery may lead to better lung treatments
Vanderbilt University researchers have made an important advance in understanding lung development, which one day could lead to improvements in treating lung disease in premature infants and adults. Read MoreJan 8, 2015