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VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.
August 25, 2022

New high-tech biobank safeguards critical specimens

By Bill Snyder
Research by Christopher Peek, PhD, left, Jim Cassat, MD, PhD, and their colleagues reveals how gut inflammation leads to bone loss.
August 25, 2022

Vanderbilt researchers discover how gut inflammation leads to bone loss

Gastrointestinal inflammation, such as occurs in inflammatory bowel disease, triggers the expansion of a population of “bone-eating” cells, leading to bone loss.

By Leigh MacMillan
Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD, Connor Beebout, PhD, and colleagues are studying why the bacterium E. coli is so tenacious.
August 25, 2022

Study describes how E. coli co-opts cells, causes recurrent UTIs

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered why the uropathogenic bacterium E. coli, the leading cause of urinary tract infections, is so tenacious; their findings could lead to new ways to prevent recurrent UTIs.

By Bill Snyder
August 25, 2022

Rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease: a common path

An increase in certain antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis can serve as a predictive biomarker for cardiovascular disease, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.

By Bill Snyder
August 25, 2022

Inflammatory driver of obesity

Blocking the EGF receptor signaling pathway in immune system macrophages represents a new target for improving insulin resistance in people with obesity.

By Sarah E. Glass
August 25, 2022

Legner named associate vice chair for Network Services

Victor Legner, MD, has been named to the new role of associate vice chair for Network Services for the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jill Clendening
August 25, 2022

Scott named to direct Primary Care Patient Care Center

John Scott, MD, has been named as the new executive medical director of Vanderbilt's Primary Care Patient Care Center.
By Jill Clendening
August 25, 2022

A star-filled visit

Country music singer Keith Urban, and wife, actress and producer Nicole Kidman, recently visited with patients inside Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 25, 2022

Orthopaedic Outreach Day lends a helping hand

By Nancy Humphrey
August 25, 2022

Neurologic complications common in children hospitalized with COVID

Vanderbilt researchers have found another reason to vaccinate children against COVID-19: to help reduce the likelihood of neurologic complications caused by the virus.
By Jessica Pasley
August 25, 2022

V Foundation support

Shane Jacobson, chief executive officer of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, on left, visited Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center on Monday to meet with former and current recipients of funding from the foundation.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 24, 2022

COVID antibody research conducted at VUMC lands national award

A long-acting antibody combination discovered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that protects against COVID-19 in high-risk individuals has received a gold medal in the 2022 R&D 100 awards program announced Aug. 22 by R&D World Magazine.
By Bill Snyder
August 19, 2022

New Clinician Spotlight: Lauren Porras

Lauren Porras, MD, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as associate professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship and Team Physician for Vanderbilt Athletics.
By VUMC News and Communications