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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 10, 2016
Promising Research Rapidly Tests Chemo Effectiveness Before Cancer Treatment
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December 1, 2015
Higher cigarette taxes linked to fewer infant deaths
Higher taxes and prices for cigarettes are strongly associated with lower infant mortality rates in the United States, according to a new study from Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan released Dec. 1 in the journal Pediatrics. -
October 19, 2015
Two Ebola Survivors’ Blood Could Help Vanderbilt Researchers Find A Treatment
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August 17, 2015
Vanderbilt researchers promise #WeWillNotGiveUp until diseases are cured!
In the latest VUCast: Learn how researchers behind a life-saving social media campaign are promising #WeWillNotGiveUp; find out how your brain "sees" in the dark; and hear about the No. 1 ranking that's making Vanderbilt students happy. Watch now! -
July 23, 2015
Tiny mechanical wrist gives new dexterity to needlescopic surgery
VIDEO» A Vanderbilt research team has successfully created a mechanical wrist less than 1/16th of an inch thick -- small enough to use in needlescopic surgery, the smallest form of minimally invasive surgery. -
July 8, 2015
Vanderbilt researchers develop potential treatment to fight mosquito-borne chikungunya virus
In late 2013 the Caribbean had its first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Today there have been almost 1.2 million cases in 44 countries or territories, including 177 cases in 31 U.S. States.