Health And Medicine
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VICC鈥坆reast cancer leaders named Komen Scholars
Ingrid Mayer, MD, MSCI, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named a Komen Scholar for her leadership in breast cancer research. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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Research lab honored by World Vaccine Congress
The laboratory of James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, received the 2018 Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Academic Research Team at the 18th World Vaccine Congress in Washington, DC, this week. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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Alpha-gal found to be both a medication and red meat allergy
Alpha-gal allergy has commonly been referred to as 鈥渢he red meat鈥 allergy, but doctors at the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (ASAP) helped uncover that not only red meat, but some medications, can contain alpha-gal. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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鈥淚dling鈥 cancer cells may return
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered that cancer treatment induces an 鈥渋dling鈥 state for cells, which could promote resistance to treatment. Read MoreApr 11, 2018
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Vanderbilt scientists test potential new way to treat anemia
Treatment of anemia caused by chronic kidney disease or other diseases often requires repeated 鈥 and costly 鈥 injections or infusions of an artificial form of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which stimulates production of red blood cells. Read MoreApr 10, 2018
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Aqueous humor, microRNAs and glaucoma
New findings highlight microRNAs 鈥 molecules that regulate gene expression 鈥 that are differentially expressed in glaucoma and could be candidate biomarkers or targets for therapy. Read MoreApr 10, 2018
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New view of the heartbeat
Structural views of the proteins that regulate the heartbeat may help improve existing treatments for cardiac arrhythmias. Read MoreApr 6, 2018
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Study reveals frogs bouncing back in Panama
A new study reports that some Central American frog species are recovering from a deadly fungal epidemic, perhaps because they have better defenses against the pathogen. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Lung diseases share molecular signature
Lung diseases of infancy and aging share a molecular signature, pointing to a potential target for treatment and prevention. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Sedative-associated delirium increases risk of dementia
A Vanderbilt study of more than 1,000 intensive care unit patients around the country, nearly three-fourths of whom experienced delirium, showed that many drugs given to sedate patients in the ICU are actually increasing their chances of 鈥 and duration of 鈥 delirium instead of helping them recover. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Study finds broken circadian clock in human tumors
Human tumors appear to have a broken circadian clock, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report in the journal PeerJ. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Study of mucus may help guide sinusitis treatment
A patient鈥檚 mucus may predict the type of his or her chronic sinusitis, which could help doctors determine whether surgery or medical treatments can produce the best outcomes, according to a recently published Vanderbilt study. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Center for Childhood Lung Research established
The Department of Pediatrics has established a new Center for Childhood Lung Research to serve as a hub for investigators across multiple disciplines with the collective mission of finding ways to improve child lung health. Read MoreMar 29, 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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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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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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