Bill Snyder Archive — Page 85 of 119

March 9, 2016

Eye of a cytokine storm

A new animal model can be used to “dissect” the inflammatory response to infection.

By Bill Snyder
March 7, 2016

Vanderbilt researchers identify potential antibody treatment for H7 avian flu

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have isolated human antibodies against a type of bird flu that has killed more than 200 people in China since 2012 and which may pose a worldwide pandemic threat.

By Bill Snyder
March 3, 2016

Study reveals possible ‘dimmer switch’ drug for Rett syndrome

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have relieved symptoms in a mouse model of Rett syndrome with a drug-like compound that works like the dimmer switch in an electrical circuit.

By Bill Snyder
mother and baby
March 3, 2016

Study seeks to ease pediatric HIV infection rates in Africa

Mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, is still a major problem in resource-limited, rural areas of the world where health care providers are scarce.

By Bill Snyder
March 3, 2016

VUMC’s Chekmenev elected to Russian Academy of Sciences

Vanderbilt researcher Eduard Chekmenev, Ph.D., has been elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for his efforts to develop imaging markers for cancer and lung disease using hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

By Bill Snyder
hands
February 25, 2016

Grant bolsters rheumatoid arthritis research

C. Michael Stein, MBChB., and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received a five-year, $1.35 million award from the Arthritis Foundation to develop new biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis that also may revolutionize treatment.

By Bill Snyder