VUMC News and Communications

December 7, 2012

Breast milk blocks virus binding

Components of human breast milk help ward off viral infection, a new study shows.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2012

Vice Chancellor Balser: ‘Cliff’ looming for biomedical research

“Beyond the damaging effects on the health of our people, disrupting the nation’s biomedical science infrastructure puts our economic future at risk,” writes Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Jeff Balser in The Tennessean.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2012

Sugarplum fairy visits Children’s Hospital

By VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2012

Repository samples help shape view of new rhinovirus

Vanderbilt researchers used a treasure trove of samples collected and stored at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Clinic (VVC) to prove a particular human rhinovirus (HRV), has been causing more than just the common cold for decades.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2012

VUSM alumni show scholarship support

In this day of physician shortages and broad-based economic hardship, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) alumni have come together to support the training of the next generation of physicians.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2012

Photo: Exporing autism therapies

Mriganka Sur, Ph.D., director of the Simons Center for the Social Brain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses emerging therapeutics for autism spectrum disorders during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.