News Releases Archive — Page 29 of 40
Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news
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May 8, 2024
Supercomputing redesign of a COVID monoclonal antibody
The approach, which combines high-performance computing, simulation, machine learning and experimental validation, will help keep antibody drugs up to date in the future against highly variable viruses. -
May 7, 2024
VUMC leases former AT&T Center in Brentwood for future development
VUMC has a successful history of property redevelopment with its conversion of a former shopping mall into Vanderbilt Health at One Hundred Oaks and the redevelopment of a former grocery into Vanderbilt Health Belle Meade, a now bustling outpatient surgery and multispecialty clinic. -
May 6, 2024
Second-most used herbicide in the US linked to birth defect in national study
At present, 44 countries, including the European Union, have banned or are phasing out atrazine due to concern for its negative effects on human health. -
May 3, 2024
Enhanced ‘VUMC News’ website offers new features
The new site is designed to provide easier access to information for members of the VUMC community, and for millions of other visitors to the site each year. -
May 2, 2024
Take the challenge to experience what it’s like to live with food allergies
The 'Top 9 Food Challenge' spotlights the challenge that 33 million Americans with food allergies have when choosing what to eat. -
May 1, 2024
Study finds 500 new blood pressure genes
An analysis of the genomes of more than 1 million people of European ancestry, conducted by several of the world’s leading genomic centers, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has identified more than 2,000 independent genetic signals for blood pressure. -
May 1, 2024
Poverty tops smoking as a major death risk: study
A Vanderbilt study found that Black and white people who earned less than $15,000 a year died, on average, more than 10 years earlier than those whose annual income exceeded $50,000.