Reporter March 23 2018
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What protein is that?
An improved technology enables high-throughput protein identification in imaging mass spectrometry, aiding proteomics research. Read MoreMar 28, 2018
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Alzheimer’s proteins in ICU survivors
The cognitive impairment that affects patients who survive a stay in the ICU does not appear to have a similar mechanism to Alzheimer’s disease, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read MoreMar 27, 2018
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Voluntary exercise and energy balance
Non-exercise physical activity has a measurable energy expenditure, which goes down when animals engage in voluntary exercise, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read MoreMar 23, 2018
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Study tracks impact of NAS on state Medicaid programs
In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before birth, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. Read MoreMar 23, 2018
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Kidney disease imaging
Making multiple measurements with MRI can provide comprehensive information about the molecular and cellular changes caused by kidney injury. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Grant bolsters study of potential new therapy for C. diff infection
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011 in the United States there were almost half a million Clostridium difficile infections, and one in 11 patients 65 or older with a healthcare-associated C. diff infection died within 30 days of diagnosis. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Study explores new treatment for childhood myopia
The rates of myopia, or nearsightedness, in pediatric patients have steadily increased with little to no change in treatment, which, for decades, has had ophthalmologists and optometrists turning to corrective lenses for improved vision. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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VUMC offering public courses on how to control bleeding
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is providing bleeding control training courses across the region in an effort to educate the public on what they can do in an emergency to potentially save a life. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Founders’ Celebration for Institute of Chemical Biology set for March 28
The Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) will hold a Founders’ Celebration mini-symposium on March 28 to acknowledge the contributions of its founders, Lawrence Marnett, PhD, and Ned Porter, PhD, and to celebrate 15-plus years of success as a trans-institutional scientific incubator. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Vanderbilt graduate schools named among nation’s best
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) are again named among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report in its 2019 rankings released online March 20. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Shade Tree Trot benefit run/walk set for April 21
The 10th annual Shade Tree Trot, presented by Messer Construction and Carrabba’s, is set for Saturday, April 21, at 9 a.m. on the Vanderbilt campus. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Ear Community at the FDA
Ron Eavey, MD, Guy M. Maness Professor and chair of Otolaryngology and director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, far right, testified recently at the Food and Drug Administration in Washington, D.C., along with members of Ear Community. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Dierks Bentley receives first star on Children’s Hospital’s “Walk of Champions”
Multi-platinum entertainer and longtime supporter of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Dierks Bentley recently received the first star on the hospital’s newly created “Walk of Champions,” presented by Live Nation. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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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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Match Day reveals residency locations for VUSM students
Fourth-year medical students Katie DesPrez and Joe Wick met at orientation during their first year at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Study tracks protein’s role in stem cell function
MCL-1 is a member of the BCL-2 family of proteins important for blocking apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Many types of cancer cells escape the body’s effort to kill them by overexpressing MCL-1. Read MoreMar 22, 2018