Department of Medicine
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February 6, 2013
Linking oxygen, iron and red blood cells
The HIF oxygen-sensing pathway and its responses to low oxygen may be targeted for treatments of anemia and disorders of iron balance. -
January 31, 2013
Vanderbilt, GE unite to study colon tumor development
Vanderbilt University has partnered with GE Global Research in Niskayuna, N.Y., the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, to better define — at the cellular level — how colon tumors form and develop. -
January 31, 2013
Do-it-yourself repair in the kidney
The kidney can mediate its own repair through proliferation of resident immune system cells. -
January 10, 2013
Three new genetic links to colorectal cancer revealed
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have identified three new genetic “hotspots” linked to colorectal cancer. -
January 10, 2013
Study reviews medication adherence interventions
According to a medical literature review published last month in the Annals of Internal Medicine, approximately 50 percent of medications for chronic disease are not taken as prescribed. -
December 13, 2012
Hood takes role as associate chief medical officer for VMG
Cardiologist Rob Hood, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine and assistant chief medical officer for the clinics at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, has been named associate chief medical officer for Vanderbilt Medical Group. -
December 7, 2012
Vanderbilt study finds diverse genetic alterations in triple-negative breast cancers
Most triple-negative breast cancer patients who were treated with chemotherapy to shrink the tumor prior to surgery still had multiple genetic mutations in their tumor cells, according to a study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators.