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Young Mady Krauter, right, and her family — sister, Ali, and parents Brent and Kim — have been on a diagnosis journey with the Vanderbilt Undiagnosed Diseases Network.

Undiagnosed Diseases Network helps guide girl’s medical journey

On July 6, 2017, the Krauter family of Hiawatha, Kansas, received a belated 4th birthday present for their younger daughter, Mady — a diagnosis for a host of worsening neurological symptoms that they first noticed when she was 3 months old.

VUMC’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network site gains NIH renewal

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VU team’s cattle research may yield lung disease clues

Vanderbilt University researchers have found a genetic mutation that causes pulmonary hypertension in cattle grazed at high altitude, and which leads to a life-threatening condition called brisket disease.