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May 2, 2013

SOM instructors recognized for serving the underserved

By VUMC News and Communications
May 2, 2013

Event highlights hope, heroism of organ donation

By Jessica Pasley
April 25, 2013

New computer speeds clinical data collection

Tucked in a data center in the basement of Vanderbilt University Hospital, a new computer the size of a large armoire, called a data warehouse appliance, is delivering a new order of speed to Vanderbilt clinical scientists as they search, filter, analyze and annotate the de-identified medical records of approximately 2 million patients.

By Paul Govern
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April 25, 2013

Study takes ‘cool’ approach to reducing heart attack damage

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is participating in a clinical study to further evaluate the safety and feasibility of rapidly lowering the body’s temperature to significantly reduce the amount of damage caused by a heart attack.

By Kathy Whitney
April 25, 2013

Shade Tree Trot

Last Saturday’s Shade Tree Trot drew more than 700 runners and walkers to the Vanderbilt campus.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 18, 2013

Stars line up to bring patients’ songs to life

Heartfelt songs penned by a group of patients of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt while working with their music therapist are being released May 14 worldwide on a compilation CD featuring some of Nashville’s top recording stars.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 18, 2013

Early study reveals ‘nuclear’ strategy for atherosclerosis

Vanderbilt University scientists have discovered a potential new strategy for lowering cholesterol and triglyceride levels and stopping atherosclerosis and fatty liver disease.
By Bill Snyder
April 18, 2013

Study reveals broad dangers of trans fats

A new study by Vanderbilt investigators suggests a diet high in trans fatty acids (TFA) may contribute to death from any cause.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 18, 2013

Nobel laureate stresses need to develop biomarkers

After 40 years in basic science working with yeast cells, Nobel laureate Lee Hartwell, Ph.D., has turned his attention in a new direction.
By Leigh MacMillan
April 11, 2013

Therapy helps regenerate child’s undeveloped bones

Janelly Martinez-Amador was born with thin, fragile bones, and by 3, she had no visible bones on X-rays. Initially, doctors weren’t sure she would survive her first birthday.
By Christina Echegaray
April 11, 2013

Moses receives AACR’s lifetime achievement in research award

Harold L. (Hal) Moses, M.D., professor of Medicine and Pathology, acting chair of Cancer Biology and director emeritus of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has received the 10th annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 11, 2013

New clinic links pediatric sarcoma treatment services

J. Carlton Smith noticed severe pain in his knee five years ago during a lacrosse tournament. Smith, then 13 years old, never imagined hearing the diagnosis doctors would give him: osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone.
By Christina Echegaray
April 11, 2013

Newborn screening program championed at VU helps save boy

John Isaac Stone Seabolt was born Feb. 26, less than two months after a new state law went into effect encouraging the screening of newborn babies for “silent” heart defects.
By VUMC News and Communications
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