Reporter Jan 22 2016 Archive — Page 1 of 2

Silhouetted construction workers on tiered scaffolding against a golden sunset.
January 27, 2016

Wound-healing scaffolds

The elasticity of a scaffold used for healing skin wounds is a key factor in promoting regeneration versus scarring.

By Leigh MacMillan
Multiple blue-toned sagittal MRI scans of the human brain arranged together, with white technical labels overlaid.
January 25, 2016

Using MRI to assess myelin health

Vanderbilt investigators report an improved model for estimating brain health, using MRI.

By Sanjay Mishra
model of DNA double helix
January 22, 2016

Faulty building blocks in DNA

An enzyme that builds DNA is able to insert the wrong building blocks, which could generate mutations.

By Bill Snyder
January 22, 2016

Notice: VUMC Reporter delivery postponed

By Doug Campbell
Two people embrace and smile in a brightly lit movie theater arcade, with colorful game machines and illuminated signs in the background.
January 21, 2016

Medical staff, theater join forces to help cancer patient see ‘Star Wars’

A Vanderbilt patient who has battled leukemia for nearly five years was granted a private screening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” thanks to her medical providers and a local movie theater.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Two researchers in white lab coats work with pipettes and laboratory plates inside a biosafety cabinet; the standing researcher observes while the seated researcher handles samples.
January 21, 2016

Antibodies may be ‘silver bullet’ for Ebola viruses

There may be a “silver bullet” for Ebola, a family of hemorrhagic viruses, one of which has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa in the past two years.

By Bill Snyder