Vanderbilt Institute for Infection Immunology and Inflammation (VI4) Archive — Page 3 of 6
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May 5, 2022
VUMC team discovers how bacterial pathogen survives without water
Vanderbilt researchers are studying a bacterial pathogen that can survive on hospital surfaces — without water — for months, an ability that has helped it become a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. -
April 7, 2022
Study advances understanding of bacterial bioterrorism agent
Vanderbilt researchers have identified a critical regulatory factor in the bacterium that causes the disease anthrax and has been used as a biological weapon. -
January 27, 2022
Impaired neutrophils in autoimmunity
Vanderbilt researchers help answer the question of why patients with autoimmune diseases like lupus are more susceptible to bacterial infections: their neutrophils have impaired antibacterial activity. -
September 30, 2021
Molecular imaging of C. diff infection
C. difficile — the leading cause of hospital-associated intestinal infections — induces a rapid influx of bile acids into the gut, which could provide a novel target for blocking infection. -
September 10, 2021
Caught in a web: study reveals that immune cells cooperate to trap and kill bacteria
Vanderbilt researchers have identified a new antibacterial mechanism that could inspire novel strategies for combating staph and other extracellular bacterial pathogens. -
October 29, 2020
Grant helps expand VI4’s Artist-in-Residence program
An innovative Vanderbilt program that brings together scientists and artists with the shared goal of scientific communication is set to expand with support from a three-year grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. -
September 17, 2020
Probing pathogen antibiotic resistance
Understanding how bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics and host stresses could guide the development of more effective antimicrobial therapeutics.