Department of Pediatrics Archive — Page 24 of 40

3D rendering of numerous red blood cells flowing through the interior of a blood vessel.
July 28, 2020

Post-transplant complication

Vanderbilt researchers conducted the largest analysis to date of a heart complication in children following stem cell transplant. The findings may help guide screening practices to improve outcomes.

Three masked healthcare workers in a hospital corridor hold round buttons displaying photos of their uncovered faces.
July 16, 2020

Button Project lets children see the faces behind the masks

Children and their families who come to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for their care are used to seeing the friendly faces and smiles of staff, nurses and doctors.

Vials with medication and syringe on blue methacrylate table. Horizontal composition. Top elevated view.
July 14, 2020

VUMC studies provide key positive results for COVID-19 vaccine in early-stage clinical trial

An experimental coronavirus vaccine stimulated robust immune responses against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and raised no serious safety concerns in an early-stage clinical trial.

Close-up of a high-tech laboratory interface displaying the words “COVID-19” and “VIRUS,” with colorful circuit-like lines and data graphics.
July 9, 2020

New study supports remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment

This week researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Gilead Sciences reported that remdesivir potently inhibited SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, in human lung cell cultures and that it improved lung function in mice infected with the virus.

Badge reading “BEST CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS,” with a U.S. News & World Report banner and the text “RANKED IN 10 SPECIALTIES 2020–21.”
June 16, 2020

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt earns top honors from U.S. News & World Report

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has once again earned the distinction of being named a top pediatric facility in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. This marks the 14th year that Children’s Hospital has made the list.

Green-gloved laboratory worker holds two small tubes containing clear liquid over a blurred lab coat.
June 4, 2020

Remdesivir helps reduce COVID-19 recovery time: study

The investigational antiviral drug remdesivir can shorten the time to recovery in adults hospitalized with COVID-19, according to preliminary results of a clinical trial published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine.