Infectious Diseases
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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 9, 2023
Study finds RSV may evade vaccines via rapid mutation
A Vanderbilt study concluded that RSV’s ability to mutate rapidly to escape detection by the body’s immune system makes it more challenging to design and develop vaccines that can stop it from spreading. -
March 2, 2023
Serious pneumococcal infections increase the risk of heart attack
A Vanderbilt study found that patients with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a substantially increased risk of heart attack after the onset of infection. -
January 12, 2023
Antibody “fingerprinting” method potential advance to slow spread of dengue
Vanderbilt researchers have reported a major advance in understanding and potentially preventing dengue, a devastating, mosquito-borne tropical viral infection that is spreading across the globe. -
November 10, 2022
Infectious Diseases Society of America honors Wright
Vanderbilt's Patty Wright, MD, is one of two recipients of the 2022 Watanakunakorn Clinician Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. -
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. -
September 22, 2022
MEGAMicrobe event shows children that science can be fun
More than 100 children who attended the “MEGAMicrobe Express” community science fair on Sept. 17 at the Warner Elementary Arts Magnet School in East Nashville.