Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are studying a new inhaled form of insulin in three separate clinical trials. If proven effective the new form of insulin, which is delivered to patients as an aerosolized powder via the lungs, could cut in half the number of insulin injections for a certain population of diabetics.

Are violent people born that way, or are they products of their environments? Terrie Moffitt, professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin and King's College, London, will discuss the role genetics plays in antisocial behavior on Thursday, March 4, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.

Around 300 Vanderbilt University students plan to pull an all-nighter on Friday, Feb. 20.

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have provided the first evidence that activation of a particular cellular receptor dramatically increases the development of precancerous polyps in the intestine.

Researchers at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital have nailed down a clear picture of a newly described virus that is a leading cause of pneumonia in babies. A study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine defines the "who, how, and how much" of the impact of human metapneumovirus (MPV) on children.

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development will host a workshop for children who have a sibling with special needs on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.