Department of Medicine Archive — Page 18 of 120
-
October 16, 2024
Danielle Dean receives award for excellence in the field of islet research
Dean identified a liver-alpha cell axis (LACA), a crosstalk between liver glucagon signaling and alpha cell sensing of amino acids. -
October 16, 2024
Study of severe drug reactions finds skin cells activate their own assassins
Single-cell analysis reveals the inner workings of the life-threatening adverse drug reactions Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. -
October 15, 2024
Cathy Eng named Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center associate director of Strategic Relations and Research Partnerships
Her new responsibilities will include promoting clinical research by developing new strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotech companies. -
October 7, 2024
Kimberlyn Ellis selected as 2024 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
Ellis is a computational geneticist with a long-term goal of bridging genomics, bioethics and health policy to promote equitable precision medicine for minority populations. -
October 7, 2024
New Video: Study shows cancer vaccine blocks tumor progression at early lesion stage
Senior author Mary Philip, MD, PhD, associate director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, talks about her Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer study. The findings support further vaccine investigation to make long-term, progression-free survival a reality for more cancer patients. -
October 7, 2024
VUMC hosts International Lung Cancer Consortium meeting
The consortium is coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer with the aim of sharing data from ongoing lung cancer case-control and cohort studies. -
October 4, 2024
‘Off-the-shelf’ CAR-T therapy shows promise for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma
The therapy, P-BCMA-ALL01, demonstrated a 91% overall response rate for the 23 patients participating in the phase 1 trial.