Vanderbilt Institute for Infection Immunology and Inflammation
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April 20, 2023
Study details RNA editing in virus-infected cancer cells
Vanderbilt researchers detail the landscape of RNA editing — a form of RNA modification — in primary effusion lymphoma cells during Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and identify an edited viral microRNA that is critical for infection. -
March 30, 2023
NIH grant launches C. diff vaccine research initiative
Vanderbilt has received an NIH grant to launch the Vanderbilt Antibody and Antigen Discovery for Clostridioides difficile Vaccines, or VANDy-CdV. -
March 23, 2023
Mathers Foundation award supports study of bacterial physiology
Vanderbilt's Wenhan Zhu, PhD, has received a three-year award from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation to support his research that aims to answer a fundamental question about bacterial physiology and engineer probiotics to improve gut inflammatory diseases. -
March 23, 2023
E. coli uses serine to abide acidity
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered another acid resistance mechanism for UTI-causing E. coli, laying the foundation for targeted antibacterial therapies. -
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. -
January 13, 2023
Study identifies potential new approach for treating lupus
A Vanderbilt study found that targeting iron metabolism in immune system cells may offer a new approach for treating systemic lupus erythematosus — the most common form of the chronic autoimmune disease lupus. -
September 29, 2022
VUMC lands grant to build top-line biosafety facility
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is set to construct a state-of-the-art BioSafety Level 3 (BSL3) facility for research involving the COVID-19 virus, anthrax and other dangerous microorganisms.