Veterans Administration Archives
Connecting an asthma gene to leukemia
Aug. 2, 2018—A receptor previously implicated in asthma may also play roles in other allergic diseases and in leukemia, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
New method aids heart disease studies, drug discovery efforts
Jan. 14, 2016—A team of Vanderbilt investigators developed a new method for rapidly generating heart muscle cells from stem cells.
Million Veteran Program data spurs research in pharmacogenomics of kidney disease
Aug. 13, 2015—A team of Vanderbilt and Nashville VA researchers, led by Adriana Hung, M.D., MPH, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to use the Million Veteran Program (MVP) data to conduct diabetes research.
Antibiotics with anticancer potential
Feb. 25, 2015—A series of experimental antibiotics may be a good starting point for developing new anticancer drugs.
Searching for beta cell stimulators
Jan. 13, 2014—Vanderbilt researchers describe a new technique for identifying factors that stimulate the proliferation of pancreatic beta cells – factors that might offer therapeutic options for diabetes.
Fishing for new anti-cancer drugs
Sep. 18, 2013—Vanderbilt investigators used an in vivo screen in zebrafish to identify a potential new anti-cancer drug.
On the hunt for bladder cancer factors
Jul. 26, 2012—A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention.
Free head and neck cancer screening April 27
Apr. 18, 2012—To help catch head and neck cancer in its earliest stages there will be free cancer screenings at Vanderbilt, Meharry and the Nashville VA on Friday, April 27. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Meharry Medical College, the Tennessee chapter of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance and...
Drugs reverse lung cancer cell changes
Feb. 1, 2012—Drugs that target “epigenetic” changes may help treat or slow the progression of lung cancer.
Predicting hospital readmission is risky business: study
Oct. 18, 2011—Each year millions of Americans return to the hospital within 30 days of their previous discharge. Although many readmissions could be preventable, most statistical models for predicting them "perform poorly," according to researchers at Vanderbilt and the Oregon Health and Science University and their affiliated VA medical centers.
