VUMC News and Communications

May 28, 2010

Vanderbilt medical researchers, engineers play major role in new national center established to secure the privacy of electronic health information

Slowly but steadily the U.S. health care community is moving into the digital age: shifting their medical records from paper to electronic information systems. This movement raises serious concerns about security and privacy of patients’ medical information.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 10, 2010

How cancer cells lose their (circadian) rhythm

Immortality and uncontrolled cell division are the fundamental differences between cancer cells and normal cells.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 15, 2010

Mayor to introduce directory for Nashville immigrants at breakfast

Mayor Karl Dean and businessman Cal Turner Jr. will speak at a May 6 breakfast to introduce an online directory of classes and services for the city’s growing foreign-born population.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 19, 2010

Statement from Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Jeffrey R. Balser on health care reform legislation

Vanderbilt University supports the comprehensive health care reform legislation pending before Congress. As one of the largest private employers in Tennessee and the home of one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, Vanderbilt cares deeply about the health and well being of its patients, employees, students and fellow citizens.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 16, 2010

Psychopaths’ brains wired to seek rewards, no matter the consequences

The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain’s reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 16, 2010

Vanderbilt professor offers key factors in recruiting minorities, women to critical science, engineering careers

Identification of students with unrealized potential, continuous tracking of individual performance and intensive, one-on-one mentoring are key factors in successfully recruiting underrepresented minorities and women into the critical professions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

By VUMC News and Communications
March 11, 2010

Human cells exhibit foraging behavior like amoebae and bacteria

When cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to that which amoebae and bacteria use when searching for food, a team of Vanderbilt researchers have found.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 9, 2010

New university research news channel, Futurity, goes global

Futurity.org, an online university news channel targeted to members of the public interested in basic research, has expanded beyond its North American base to include science news from leading British universities.
February 18, 2010

A new type of genetic variation could strengthen natural selection

The unexpected discovery of a new type of genetic variation suggests that natural selection – the force that drives evolution – is both more powerful and more complex than scientists have thought.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 2, 2010

Study of Midwestern medical center shows low safety reporting by medical residents

According to a just-released, large-sample study, the extent to which medical residents are involved in reporting safety incidents is limited, indicating a need for more institutional focus about how, when, why and where incidents should be reported.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 31, 2010

The Possibilities of Personalized Medicine

By VUMC News and Communications
December 21, 2009

TIPSHEET: The future of Pluto and Ceres

Three years ago, when the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to dwarf planet status, the unpopular decision was based on personal opinions and professional politics, not on rigorous scientific criteria that can clearly differentiate planets from lesser bodies, points out Vanderbilt astronomer David Weintraub. In the next decade, however, the amount of knowledge that we have about Pluto and another dwarf planet, Ceres, will change dramatically and this new information may affect our views of these objects and their status in the solar system as asteroids, dwarf planets or planets.
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