Reporter April 12 2013 Archive — Page 2 of 2

Two doctors and three young patients hold a large yellow ribbon and scissors during a clinic opening celebration in a hospital corridor.
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
A woman and man hold a six-week-old baby across their laps in a hospital waiting area; the baby wears a white top, dark pants, and small shoes.
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 Vanderbilt Health News
April 11, 2013

Leukemia culprit’s cellular actions

Overexpression of a gene that is a common culprit in leukemia induces stem cell-like features in T cells, which may enable the cells to become cancerous.

By Leigh MacMillan
A man in a suit and red tie speaks at a wooden podium bearing the Vanderbilt University logo, with plants and matching Vanderbilt emblems behind him.
April 3, 2013

Chancellor: Four ideas will define Vanderbilt’s destiny

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced four foundational ideas that will guide Vanderbilt as it defines itself in a new century during a speech April 3 at Spring Faculty Assembly.

By Vanderbilt Health News