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Hellbender salamander with a long, flattened, wrinkled body and mottled brown, orange, and gray skin, shown against a white background.
February 20, 2023

Probing hellbender health

Understanding how hellbenders — large, fully aquatic salamanders — fight fungal pathogens and disease is important for protecting these unique stream predators; Vanderbilt researchers add new insights.

November 17, 2022

A marker for mortality

A urine biomarker of inflammation was associated with increased mortality and multiple lifestyle factors, suggesting that modifications could help reduce premature mortality.

Jacek Hawiger, MD, PhD, third from right, with study team members, from left, Katherine Gibson-Corley, DVM, PhD, Yan Liu, MD, Jozef Zienkiewicz, PhD, Huan Qiao, MD, PhD, and Ruth Ann Veach.
November 10, 2022

Hawiger still blazing a trail in inflammation research

Vanderbilt research describes a new investigational peptide drug that can penetrate immune and nonimmune cells, and block inflammatory signaling in a preclinical model of atopic dermatitis — eczema.

Medical illustration showing a translucent human skeleton with highlighted painful joints, including the hip, knee, wrist, spine, ankle, and shoulder, against a colorful abstract background.
August 25, 2022

Rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease: a common path

An increase in certain antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis can serve as a predictive biomarker for cardiovascular disease, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.

Four smiling adults pose together in a laboratory surrounded by shelves of research supplies, equipment, and boxes labeled Thermo Fisher Scientific.
June 8, 2021

VUMC team develops potential treatment for life-threatening microbial inflammation

A cell-penetrating peptide developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center can prevent, in an animal model, the often-fatal septic shock that can result from bacterial and viral infections.

Several vaccine vials labeled “Vaccine For Health Protection” arranged with a syringe on a white background.
September 22, 2020

Rational vaccine design

Understanding immunity generated by smallpox vaccine may hold lessons for COVID-19 vaccine development.