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February 9, 2017
New grants bolster Trauma program’s research initiatives
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care was recently awarded two new research grants. -
February 4, 2016
Grant spurs research into trauma-induced vision loss
Tonia Rex, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute are working to uncover how best to treat ocular trauma, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide. -
September 10, 2015
Efforts to support employees in Guard, Reserve honored
Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials were recently honored by the Committee for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) for their dedication to supporting reserve military personnel. -
October 28, 2014
Improving breast cancer chemo by testing tumors in a dish
A team of biomedical engineers has developed a new "tumor-in-a-dish" technology that promises to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy. -
August 9, 2012
Study tracks how gene may promote lung cancer tumors
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have identified how one of the genes most commonly mutated in lung cancer may promote such tumors. -
November 18, 2011
Skeletal defects in genetic disorder
A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis. -
October 28, 2011
Protein family key to aging linked to suppressing tumors
The list of aging-associated proteins known to be involved in cancer is growing longer, according to research by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the National Institutes of Health.