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October 11, 2012
VU mourns loss of Pediatrics icon Sell
Sarah H. Sell, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, one of the key players in the development of the childhood vaccine to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5, died Saturday, Oct. 6. She was 99. -
October 11, 2012
Collaborative effort focuses on pediatric traumatic brain injury
Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center and the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences are offering new interdisciplinary outpatient programs for children ages 3 to 21 who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). -
October 11, 2012
VU scientists cheer Nobel Prize for stem cell research
Vanderbilt University scientists are cheering this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for recognizing the discovery that mature cells can be “reprogrammed” into other cell types — a finding which they said has electrified their work. -
October 11, 2012
Center for Medical Weight Loss opens at One Hundred Oaks
When patients come to Vanderbilt’s new Center for Medical Weight Loss, the first thing medical director John Cleek, M.D., wants them to understand is how their bodies use energy. -
October 11, 2012
New affiliate clinics debut in Franklin and Springfield
A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house was held Tuesday for the Vanderbilt Franklin Women’s Center at Williamson Medical Center (formerly known as the Franklin Women’s Center). -
October 11, 2012
Walk-in breast mammograms available in TVC year-round
Mammograms can be as easy as TVC. -
October 11, 2012
New software lets researchers filter enormous proteomic data sets
An upcoming issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology announces the release of ProteoWizard Toolkit 3.0, a free set of cross-platform (PC, Mac, Linux) software libraries and applications designed to facilitate proteomics research. The article is now available on the journal’s website.