Health and Medicine
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February 24, 2016
Liver balancing act
Vanderbilt researchers have defined a mechanism that limits liver cell proliferation after injury in order to preserve critical metabolic functions. -
February 23, 2016
Hypertension hiatus
New findings offer a potential strategy for preventing heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension. -
February 19, 2016
Face recognition and social anxiety
An inability to recognize faces may be an important mechanism underlying social inhibition and may contribute to, or maintain, social anxiety. -
February 18, 2016
Combining treatments for melanoma
Combining therapies for melanoma that induce cell senescence and that activate the immune response may improve outcomes for patients. -
February 18, 2016
Study leads to new heart transplant decision support tool
Because donor organs are scarce, understanding the mortality risk associated with heart transplantation is an important consideration when evaluating patients for transplant. -
February 12, 2016
VU Inside: Dr. William Fissell’s Artificial Kidney
Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William Fissell IV is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an artificial implantable kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart. -
February 11, 2016
Slight chemical change may improve TB treatments: study
One small chemical change to an existing antibacterial drug results in a compound that is more effective against its target enzyme in tuberculosis, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.