As research in cochlear implant stimulation expands to include music perception, clearing up channel interaction remains the focal point as audiologists aim to customize how electrodes stimulate the auditory nerve to improve patients’ ability to hear music.

Most of the more than 200 species of viruses known to reside in humans remain poorly understood, and new ones are being discovered every few months.

Skaar, who directs the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, is being recognized for “pioneering work at the intersection of nutrition and infectious diseases."

The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers in the early stages of their research careers.

The study identified 332 independent association signals for breast cancer risk, including 131 signals not previously reported.

The study sets out how gene expression that drives the formation of new blood vessels exhibits different patterns, cell by cell, in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

IPF is one of the most common forms of pulmonary fibrosis, an interstitial lung disease characterized by the progressive accumulation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the epithelial lining of the airways.