Health and Medicine Archive — Page 142 of 178

Gloved hand holding a petri dish containing red culture medium with numerous pale bacterial colonies; additional culture dishes are blurred in the background.
March 3, 2014

Dismantling staph’s drug resistance

Targeting the enzyme FosB could make antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria sensitive to the antibiotic fosfomycin.

By Leigh MacMillan
Multiple blue-toned sagittal MRI scans of the human brain arranged together, with white technical labels overlaid.
February 28, 2014

Imaging guides Alzheimer gene search

Using imaging data, Vanderbilt researchers discovered an association between a gene pair and brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease.

By Leigh MacMillan
Illustration of numerous fuzzy, irregular purple-orange particles suspended against a warm orange background.
February 27, 2014

Probing the pathogenesis of leukemia

A new mouse model reveals gene clusters important in a treatment-resistant form of leukemia.

By Leigh MacMillan
Smiling woman with long reddish-brown hair seated in a laboratory, with shelves of containers, boxes, and scientific equipment behind her.
February 20, 2014

Studies shed new light on breast cancer development

Rebecca Cook, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cancer Biology, has spent her life trying to understand what makes things grow, from seedlings in soil to tumor cells in the body.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Close-up of an infant wearing a floral hat and pink clothing, with medical tape and tubing near the face while an adult steadies a blue-green pacifier.
February 17, 2014

Vanderbilt study shows mother’s voice improves hospitalization and feeding in preemies

By Vanderbilt Health News
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February 13, 2014

Major grant creates clinical research network

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received an 18-month, $6.9 million award to set up a Clinical Data Research Network (CDRN) that can reach millions of patients and speed the translation of research findings into clinical practice.

By Bill Snyder