Year: 2012

August 13, 2012

Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announce affiliation agreement

By John Howser
August 10, 2012

Key to a woman’s heart (condition)?

Females may be at higher risk of potentially fatal heart condition due to gender differences in a protein involved in the heart’s electrical activity.

By VUMC News and Communications
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August 9, 2012

New therapeutic target for cold, flu viruses identified

Viruses that cause acute respiratory infections — such as human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and flu — impair a set of immune system cells that should clear the virus from the lungs.
Now, Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered the signaling pathway that disables these immune cells.

By Leigh MacMillan
August 9, 2012

Study tracks how gene may promote lung cancer tumors

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have identified how one of the genes most commonly mutated in lung cancer may promote such tumors.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 9, 2012

Time was critical for new mother’s heart surgery

Two weeks after giving birth to her second child on July 10, 31-year-old Samantha Neal began to experience chest pain. Initially diagnosed with a gall bladder issue in her local ER, her true diagnosis would prove much more serious and potentially life-threatening.

By Kathy Whitney
August 9, 2012

Armstrong named fellow of American Chemical Society

Vanderbilt University’s Richard Armstrong, Ph.D., has been named to the fourth class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows in recognition of his “outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession and the society.”

By Bill Snyder
August 9, 2012

Undergrads shine at Summer Science Academy

Since the Academy was established in 2002, more than 650 undergraduates have participated in the summer research program. About 10 percent have pursued graduate and/or medical studies at Vanderbilt.
By Bill Snyder
August 9, 2012

Buerhaus named to Institute of Medicine’s GME committee

Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N., has been named to the Institute of Medicine’s Committee for Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 9, 2012

Record number receive Nursing professional pins

The largest group of students in Vanderbilt University School of Nursing's history received their professional pins of Nursing at a ceremony held Sunday at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in downtown Nashville.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 9, 2012

Study links rare genetic marker to brain cancer

Investigators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and three other cancer centers have identified a link between a rare genetic variant and the risk of developing glioma.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 9, 2012

Team creates new view of body’s infection response

A new 3-D view of the body’s response to infection — and the ability to identify proteins involved in the response — could point to novel biomarkers and therapeutic agents for infectious diseases.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 9, 2012

Young patient’s cancer battle inspires hometown

Maryville, Tenn., tucked in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, has a population of just 27,000, but it seemed like every one of its residents rallied around 20-year-old Brently Mancini when he was diagnosed with a rare soft tissue cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications