COVID-19
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January 20, 2022
Omicron evades some but not all monoclonal antibodies: study
A new study found that several, but not all, of the human monoclonal antibodies used clinically to prevent patients from becoming severely ill from COVID-19 may not be protective against the Omicron variant now sweeping across the United States. -
January 6, 2022
Grant boosts vaccine effectiveness research
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December 28, 2021
Chad Fitzgerald experienced the pandemic from unique vantage point
"His steady voice and hand has modulated the emotional ups and downs each of us has experienced." -
December 24, 2021
Study of fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 shows 13% mortality rate
New research finds that fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections remained at high risk for hospitalization and death. -
December 23, 2021
The most popular VUMC Voice stories of 2021
Love stories, an honor walk, a heroic rescue -- and plumbing -
December 23, 2021
Patient receives antibodies discovered at Vanderbilt to prevent COVID-19 illness
On Dec. 22, Caroline Davis of Nashville became the first patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to receive injections of a new antibody combination to protect her from COVID-19. -
December 10, 2021
“Supermeres” may carry clues to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and COVID-19
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a nanoparticle released from cells, called a “supermere,” which contains enzymes, proteins and RNA associated with multiple cancers, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and even COVID-19.