Health and Medicine
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October 4, 2012
Proteins help flip tumor’s invasive switch
Vanderbilt investigators have identified how two key components of cancer's invasive "switch" — the series of signaling events that turn on a tumor cell’s invasive behavior — work together. -
October 4, 2012
Grant helps expand health care, education programs in Zambia
Vanderbilt University is dramatically expanding its health care and education activities in the southern African nation of Zambia. -
October 4, 2012
An orphan enzyme’s purpose
“Orphan” enzyme may play role in cancer growth, new research suggests. -
October 2, 2012
VU study shows no gender gap in sports concussions
A new study conducted to review symptoms and neurocognitive findings in male and female high school soccer players revealed no gender-related differences. -
September 27, 2012
Study ties early menopause to heart attack, stroke
Women who experience early menopause are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women whose menopause occurs at a later age, according to a new study by Melissa Wellons, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. -
September 27, 2012
Grants help propel glaucoma, macular degeneration research
Three Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members have been awarded grants from the American Health Assistance Foundation to support their research on glaucoma and macular degeneration — the two leading causes of irreversible blindness in the world. -
September 27, 2012
Target acquired for aggressive tumor
New therapeutic target for angiosarcoma – an aggressive, highly fatal tumor of the blood vessels – identified.