Health and Medicine
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November 8, 2016
Improving wound healing
Vanderbilt researchers have shown that an injectable material improves wound healing and may be useful for large skin wounds such as those in patients with diabetes. -
November 7, 2016
Early study finds antibody that ‘neutralizes’ Zika virus
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection by the Zika virus. -
November 4, 2016
Probing drug abuse circuitry
Vanderbilt researchers have identified cocaine-induced modifications at specific neuronal connections, which could aid the development of new therapies for substance abuse disorders. -
November 3, 2016
VUMC investigators find pathogens work together to infect host
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus — two pathogens that frequently co-infect the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis — appear to cooperate with each other, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered. When pseudomonas is starved for metal by the host, it shuts down the production of factors that would normally kill staph, promoting a co-infection. -
November 3, 2016
A DARPP role in gastric cancer
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a link between Helicobacter pylori infection, inflammation and gastric cancer that could suggest new anti-cancer therapies. -
October 27, 2016
Striking view
Dylan Burnette, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, won 12th Place in Nikon’s Small World 2016 Photomicrography Competition for a colorful image of a dividing cancer cell. -
October 26, 2016
Single-cell study of tumor samples
A new method for analyzing cells in fixed biopsy tissues from patients by guide personalized treatment strategies for cancer.