Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 176 of 390

Two people stand on a Vanderbilt stage holding an award plaque, with a projected portrait and event title behind them and a Vanderbilt emblem on the podium.
June 15, 2017

Pharmacology top teacher

Ronald Emeson, Ph.D., is a three-time winner of the Teacher of the Year Award presented by graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology

Large crowd gathered inside a university building, many wearing yellow and holding signs reading “STERN WINS US”; a costumed mascot stands near the center.
June 15, 2017

Celebrating the Nashville Predators

Faculty, nurses and staff at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s at Vanderbilt gathered prior to the final game of the Stanley Cup to thank the Nashville Predators for an amazing hockey season, as well as for the tremendous support the team has provided over the past seven years to patients and families.

Two smiling women pose together in a clinical room; the woman on the left wears a bright yellow wig and matching outfit, while the woman on the right wears a navy blazer. An overhead surgical light is visible behind them.
June 13, 2017

Cancer patient chooses Nashville for VICC care and the Nashville Predators

Los Angeles native Christina Shaw had two powerful goals when she decided to move cross country to live in Nashville – the first was to support her favorite hockey team and the second was to meet a renowned lung cancer specialist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

David Merryman, associate professor of biomedical engineering, found that a drug developed for rheumatoid arthritis stops a common binding protein from calcifying heart valves. (Vanderbilt University)
June 12, 2017

Drug developed for arthritis could be first to stop heart valve calcification

The first drug to treat calcification of heart valves may be one originally designed for rheumatoid arthritis.

Orange-and-white striped road barricade with two warning lights, accompanied by a traffic cone and a fallen construction barrel.
June 12, 2017

Repriming replication roadblocks

New findings shed light on how enzymes that replicate DNA skip over mutations that might cause cancer and restart DNA synthesis further away.

June 9, 2017

Flip side of gut protection

Vanderbilt investigators report that dysregulation of certain immune cells in the intestines may lead to inflammation and disease.