Reporter Nov 7 2014

November 12, 2014

New insight on oral cancer culprits

A new mouse model offers insight into the signaling pathways that control oral cancers – and a platform for testing anticancer therapeutics.

By Elizabeth Conrad
November 11, 2014

Protein “pockets” help ID cancer genes

Vanderbilt investigators have used a computational biology approach to uncover new cancer drivers and biomarkers of anticancer drug response.

By Bill Snyder
November 7, 2014

Overactive stress response in obesity

An overactive stress response contributes to the development of insulin resistance in obese individuals, and blocking it may be therapeutically beneficial.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 6, 2014

Immune cell activity and melanoma

The activity of a certain factor in immune cells is essential for an anti-tumor response, emphasizing the need to consider the effects of anti-cancer therapies on immune cells.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 6, 2014

Pneumonia vaccine reducing pediatric admissions: report

In Tennessee, the introduction in 2010 of a new pneumococcal vaccine for infants and young children coincides with a 27 percent decline in pneumonia hospital admissions across the state among children under age 2.

By Paul Govern
November 6, 2014

Cox to lead trans-institutional genetics efforts

Nancy J. Cox, Ph.D., professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and chief of the Section of Genetic Medicine at the University of Chicago, has been appointed founding director of a new genetics institute at Vanderbilt University, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

By Bill Snyder
November 6, 2014

Autonomic diseases consortium lands renewed federal funding

A nationwide research group headed by Vanderbilt University’s David Robertson, M.D., has received another round of funding from the federal government to continue studies of rare neurodegenerative diseases and disorders affecting blood pressure.
By Bill Snyder
November 6, 2014

Photo: Rally for Kids with Cancer

Actor William Baldwin, center, was at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently for the Rally for Kids with Cancer Scavenger Cup.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 6, 2014

New technique eases gallbladder surgery for children

Golf ball-sized gallstones camped out in Joseph Gray’s gallbladder had been causing him stomach discomfort for months.
By Christina Echegaray
November 6, 2014

Photo: Discovery Lecture

Cellular engineering pioneer George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., makes a point during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture at Vanderbilt. Daley directs the Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 6, 2014

VUH achieves ‘A’ score in national survey of hospital patient safety efforts

Vanderbilt University Hospital earned the highest possible grade recently in a nationwide survey of hospital patient safety.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 6, 2014

Vanderbilt’s Brady named to ACGME board of directors

Donald Brady, M.D., senior associate dean for Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development, has been named to the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for a three-year term.
By Jessica Pasley
November 6, 2014

Photo: Food Day

Vanderbilt University Medical Center dietetic interns Dylan Caulder, left, and Hope Anderson offer tips on healthy eating and hand out samples of nutritious snacks to Vanderbilt University students and employees at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center as part of Food Day 2014.
By VUMC News and Communications
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