Bill Snyder

September 28, 2016

Targeting norovirus “noxiousness”

New discoveries will guide efforts to develop vaccines or antiviral agents for norovirus, the most common cause of infectious diarrhea.

By Bill Snyder
September 22, 2016

H. pylori and anemia – new evidence

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori has been linked to anemia and may be contributing to the incidence and severity of anemia worldwide.

By Bill Snyder
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September 15, 2016

Study explores anti-viral potential of existing drugs

Emerging viral infections like Zika keep popping up around the world in such quick succession that medicine is having a hard time keeping up. It can take 15 years and more than a billion dollars to bring a new drug to market.

By Bill Snyder
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September 15, 2016

Researchers eye potential schizophrenia ‘switch’

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a key mechanism that explains how compounds they’re developing can suppress schizophrenia-like symptoms without side effects in mice.

By Bill Snyder
Five week old sleeping boy and girl fraternal twin newborn babies. They are wearing crocheted pink and blue striped hats.
September 15, 2016

Study reveals new clues to cystic fibrosis ‘gender gap’

A research team led by structural biologists from Vanderbilt University has come up with the first detailed molecular explanation for a factor that may contribute to the so-called cystic fibrosis (CF) “gender gap.”

By Bill Snyder
September 15, 2016

Diversity’s crucial role in medical, graduate education explored

Diversity. Inclusion. Excellence. Innovation. You can’t have one without the others.

By Bill Snyder
September 15, 2016

Symposium explores using music to improve social skills, ease PTSD

The Science of Song symposium explored the use of music and singing to help people with developmental disabilities like autism improve their social skills, and others with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recover from the traumatic events they’ve experienced.
By Bill Snyder
September 14, 2016

Restore T cells to fight leukemia

Modulation of T cell metabolism thus may represent a new therapeutic avenue for leukemia patients.
By Bill Snyder
September 8, 2016

Investigators create ‘Trojan Horse’ to fight Ebola

A multi-center research team including scientists from the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center has come up with a clever “Trojan Horse” strategy for thwarting the highly lethal Ebola virus.
By Bill Snyder
September 8, 2016

Simple Beginnings ceremony celebrates new doctoral students

Vanderbilt University welcomed 92 new doctoral students Sept. 2 during the seventh annual Simple Beginnings ceremony in a Light Hall lecture room packed with family members and other well wishers.
By Bill Snyder
September 1, 2016

Lecture to focus on diversity in medical education

The importance of diversity and inclusion to medical and graduate education and research will be discussed on Sept. 8 during the first Flexner Discovery Lecture of the 2016-2017 academic year.
By Bill Snyder
August 25, 2016

Study suggests new way to treat rare autism disorder

A protein that plays a powerful role in learning and memory may be a key to improving treatment of a rare autism spectrum disorder called Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS), a new study suggests.
By Bill Snyder
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