Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology

May 21, 2018

New target to stop Ebola

A new Vanderbilt study suggests it may be possible to develop antibody therapies or a universal vaccine effective against multiple Ebola virus family members.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 17, 2018

Alphavirus “Achilles heel”

Targeting the protein that mosquito-borne viruses use to enter cells could be a strategy for preventing infection by multiple emerging viruses.

By Bill Snyder
May 10, 2018

Grant bolsters kidney cancer immunotherapy research

W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Cornelius Abernathy Craig Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has received a grant to research the role of immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment for kidney cancer.

By Doug Campbell
3d rendering white blood cells with red blood cells
May 9, 2018

Putting the brakes on sepsis

An enzyme called PTEN reduces inflammatory signaling and mortality in sepsis, suggesting it may be a good therapeutic target for this life-threatening complication of infection.

By Leigh MacMillan
April 26, 2018

Ware elected VP of clinical investigation society

With last week’s election of Lorraine Ware, MD, as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), two faculty members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine are among the current officers of the elite physician-scientist honor society.

By Bill Snyder
April 20, 2018

Disease-fighting antibody production

New research links nutrient-responsive cellular signaling to the antibody-mediated immune response.

By Leigh MacMillan
April 19, 2018

New labeling system speeds clinical lab turnaround times

Much of everyday clinical decision-making is informed by lab tests performed rapidly on automated instrumentation — basic metabolic panels, complete blood counts, all the lab orders for which clinicians expect quick results.
By Paul Govern
April 5, 2018

Study reveals frogs bouncing back in Panama

A new study reports that some Central American frog species are recovering from a deadly fungal epidemic, perhaps because they have better defenses against the pathogen.
By Leigh MacMillan
March 15, 2018

New imaging approach offers unprecedented views of staph infection

A new integrated imaging approach makes it possible to probe the molecules involved in invasive infections and can be broadly applied to any health or disease state.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 23, 2018

Hope for an RSV vaccine

Newly discovered features in an RSV protein may be useful for rational structure-based vaccine design.
By Bill Snyder
January 26, 2018

Versatile C. difficile blocker

New research reveals a unique mechanism of C. difficile toxin neutralization by a monoclonal antibody, suggesting new therapeutic approaches.
By Bill Snyder
January 11, 2018

Lighting up iron levels

A new probe enables iron imaging in living animals, providing a unique tool for studying iron’s contributions to health and disease.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 4, 2018

Young named chief medical officer of American Red Cross

Vanderbilt’s Pampee Young, MD, PhD, has been named chief medical officer of the American Red Cross.
By Tom Wilemon
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