Bill Snyder Archive — Page 52 of 118

November 5, 2019

Endotoxin shock protector

A novel tool developed by Vanderbilt scientists protects animals from endotoxin shock and can be used for mechanistic analyses of inflammation due to microbial and other insults.

By Bill Snyder
October 31, 2019

Vanderbilt investigators lead effort to create map of the human kidney

Short of mandating universal diabetes treatment, regular exercise and low-calorie diets, little can be done to stem the rising tide of kidney failure — unless scientists can figure out why exactly the kidney’s filtration units, the glomeruli, stop working.

By Bill Snyder
October 24, 2019

Wang to chair Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Thomas Wang, MD, director of Cardiovascular Medicine at VUMC, has been appointed chair of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, effective February 2020.

By Bill Snyder
October 24, 2019

Article examines need for genotyping after stenting

Genotyping can improve outcomes in patients who require anti-platelet therapy following stent placement to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries and prevent a heart attack.

By Bill Snyder
Research by David Page, MD, helped dramatically alter the way breast cancer risk is assessed.
October 24, 2019

Breast cancer research pioneer Page remembered

David Page, MD, former professor of Pathology and Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, whose work revolutionized the assessment of breast cancer risk, died in Nashville on Thursday, Oct. 17. He was 78.

By Bill Snyder
October 17, 2019

Less inflammation = better healing

Immune cells that produce an anti-inflammatory factor are enriched in fat tissue around the heart and may be good targets to improve heart attack outcomes.

By Bill Snyder