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Researchers track neuron branching’s genetic control switch

In an effort to understand how neurons develop different “architectures,” Vanderbilt developmental biologists have discovered a genetic switch that controls one type of neuron branching in the nematode worm.

Glaucoma patients focus of Sousan’s sharing nature

Suzanne Sousan is not afraid of much.

Daily briefing keeps Children’s Hospital operating smoothly

Every day at precisely 1:35 p.m., the conference room in Suite 2410 at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt becomes the central hub of activity.

Glasses bring girl’s world back in focus

Once upon a time, teenage girls were not clamoring to sport a pair of thick, black, oversized eyeglasses.

‘Envelope’ reduces cardiac implant infections

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is the first in the United States to use a new fully resorbable “envelope” that encloses implantable cardiac devices, such as pacemakers and internal cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and helps prevent surgical site infections.

Pinning ceremony celebrates VUSN students

Nearly 300 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students received their professional pins of Nursing at a ceremony held Sunday at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in downtown Nashville.

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