Year: 2012 Archive — Page 40 of 50

Colorful logo reading “THE NASHVILLE KIDS TRIATHLON,” with swim, bicycle, and running symbols in three circles above a bright yellow oval.
May 18, 2012

Nashville Kids Triathlon seeking participants and volunteers

Model wearing a strapless floral-print top and long brown skirt, reclining sideways on a cream upholstered chair against a light background.
May 17, 2012

Shop and support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Blue spherical particles of varying sizes floating against a mottled blue background.
May 17, 2012

Long live the therapeutic stem cells

Enhancing stem cell survival is key to improving cell-based therapies for regenerative medicine, and a new drug could help.

Hands hold an open red mobile phone above a car steering wheel while traffic and trees blur through the windshield.
May 15, 2012

Trauma nurses initiate pledge against distracted driving

May 15, 2012

New clue to ADHD

A rare genetic change adds support to the idea that altered dopamine signaling is a key risk factor for ADHD.

Fluorescence microscopy image showing blue circular structures and clustered green and red fluorescent signals against a dark background. Metadata text: “ImageJ=1.44e” and “unit=um.”
May 14, 2012

Intestinal artillery launches anti-bacterial attack

The epithelial cells that line the intestines have a newly discovered mechanism for protecting us against microbes: they fire anti-bacterial “bullets” into the gut.