Health and Medicine
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March 30, 2023
NIH grant launches C. diff vaccine research initiative
Vanderbilt has received an NIH grant to launch the Vanderbilt Antibody and Antigen Discovery for Clostridioides difficile Vaccines, or VANDy-CdV. -
March 30, 2023
Ovarian cancer expert Odunsi to deliver next Discovery Lecture
Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, director of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, will deliver the next Discovery Lecture at Vanderbilt on Thursday, April 6. -
March 30, 2023
VUMC researcher selected for Global Scholars Program
Vanderbilt researcher P. Brent Ferrell, MD, is leading one of five projects selected by the 2022 Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Global Scholars Program. -
March 30, 2023
Discussing cryo-EM
Yifan Chang, PhD, recently spoke about his team’s research using single particle cryo-EM (cryogenic electron microscopy) to study INO80, an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex. -
March 28, 2023
Inflammation implicated in exfoliation syndrome
Computational genetics tools have implicated inflammatory pathways in exfoliation syndrome, the most common cause of secondary glaucoma, which can result in blindness. -
March 27, 2023
Improving lung nodule diagnosis
Adding blood and imaging biomarkers to a clinical prediction model could improve diagnostic accuracy for the 1.6 million lung nodules detected each year, many through expanded lung cancer screening programs. -
March 23, 2023
Goldenring’s gastrointestinal research contributions lauded
Vanderbilt's James Goldenring, MD, PhD, has been honored by the American Gastroenterological Association for making significant contributions to understanding gastrointestinal disease.