Year: 2012
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October 11, 2012
VU scientists cheer Nobel Prize for stem cell research
Vanderbilt University scientists are cheering this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for recognizing the discovery that mature cells can be “reprogrammed” into other cell types — a finding which they said has electrified their work. -
October 11, 2012
Center for Medical Weight Loss opens at One Hundred Oaks
When patients come to Vanderbilt’s new Center for Medical Weight Loss, the first thing medical director John Cleek, M.D., wants them to understand is how their bodies use energy. -
October 11, 2012
New affiliate clinics debut in Franklin and Springfield
A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house was held Tuesday for the Vanderbilt Franklin Women’s Center at Williamson Medical Center (formerly known as the Franklin Women’s Center). -
October 11, 2012
Walk-in breast mammograms available in TVC year-round
Mammograms can be as easy as TVC. -
October 11, 2012
New software lets researchers filter enormous proteomic data sets
An upcoming issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology announces the release of ProteoWizard Toolkit 3.0, a free set of cross-platform (PC, Mac, Linux) software libraries and applications designed to facilitate proteomics research. The article is now available on the journal’s website. -
October 11, 2012
Netterville to lead otolaryngology-head, neck surgery group
James Netterville, M.D., professor of Otolaryngology and director of the Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Service, has been elected president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) and its foundation for the 2012-13 term. He assumed his position in September during the annual meeting in Washington, D.C.