Reporter March 23 2018

March 22, 2018

Novel research explores way to restore silenced voices

A 2011 cicada swarm is leading to transinstitutional research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis.

By Matt Batcheldor and Liz Entman
March 22, 2018

Match Day reveals residency locations for VUSM students

Fourth-year medical students Katie DesPrez and Joe Wick met at orientation during their first year at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Kathy Whitney
March 22, 2018

Study tracks protein’s role in stem cell function

MCL-1 is a member of the BCL-2 family of proteins important for blocking apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Many types of cancer cells escape the body’s effort to kill them by overexpressing MCL-1.

By Bill Snyder
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