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VUSN groundbreaking participants, from left: D.F. Chase President Dennis Gregory, Hastings Architecture Associate Principal Mark Zook, Vanderbilt University Architect Keith Loiseau, School of Nursing Dean Linda Norman, Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Vanderbilt University Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente, Vanderbilt University Board of Trust Emeritus Trustee Dennis Bottorff, and School of Nursing Alumni Board President Tiffany Street. (John Russell/Vanderbilt)
June 21, 2017

Vanderbilt School of Nursing breaks ground for new building

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Provost Susan R. Wente and School of Nursing Dean Linda Norman celebrated the groundbreaking for the Vanderbilt School of Nursing’s new building June 20.

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The Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (VASAP) has opened the doors to a new location in Franklin, Tennessee, to bring convenient care to their patients.
June 21, 2017

Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program opens new location in Franklin

The Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (VASAP) has opened the doors to a new location in Franklin, Tennessee, to bring convenient care to patients.

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June 20, 2017

How six cups of ground coffee can improve nose, throat surgery

Vanderbilt engineers have designed a “granular jamming cap” filled with coffee grounds that can improve the accuracy of the sophisticated “GPS” system that surgeons use for nose and throat surgery.

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June 19, 2017

Children who do or do not stutter needed for research study

Children ages 4 to 6 who do or do not stutter are needed for a research study, “Cognitive, Linguistic and Emotional Contributions to Childhood Stuttering.”

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June 19, 2017

STINGing combination for cancer

A novel immunotherapy combination induced remarkable regression of tumors in a mouse model of head and neck cancer.

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June 16, 2017

Patients with blood disorders invited to free June 24 seminar

Patients with aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and other blood disorders are invited to a free seminar featuring a Vanderbilt University Medical Center clinician and other medical experts.

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June 15, 2017

VICC racers compete in downtown bed race for cancer research funding

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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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