The study advances understanding of risk for colon and rectal cancers and points to targets for developing new treatments.

Peterson, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2002, is an internationally recognized researcher and educator in the field of biomedical informatics and maintains an internal medicine practice with Vanderbilt Health.

Large language models have become far better than you at solving math problems but may still be bad at employing probabilistic terms in medical contexts.

A new study identifies previously unreported protein biomarkers and candidate drug targets across six major cancer types and highlights approved drugs with potential cancer preventive effects.

Risk of VTE rises in hospitals due to factors such as patient immobility, effects from major surgery, and use of indwelling medical devices like central lines.

To speed HIV research, VUMC scientists are drafting droves of people who do not exist to serve as research subjects.

To launch a connection search, someone with a specific gene variant signs up to meet others who share that variant, beginning a process of discovering new connections with unknown relatives and encouraging family members to get tested.