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Study helps clarify components of DNA ‘copy machine’
Vanderbilt investigators have generated a “parts list” for the molecular machinery that duplicates DNA each time a cell divides. The research has implications for cancer therapies that target components of this machinery. Read MoreNovember 12, 2015
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Study further links immune response, serotonin signaling
Vanderbilt University scientists are a step closer to understanding how inflammation in the body can affect mood and behavior. Read MoreNovember 5, 2015
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Detect and defend against pathogens
Understanding factors, such as the receptor TLR9, that detect and defend against pathogens may lead to therapeutic approaches that promote an effective immune response to treat infections. Read MoreNovember 4, 2015
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VUMC receives NIH grant to develop artificial kidney
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $6 million grant to investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) to develop an implantable artificial kidney. Read MoreNovember 3, 2015
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Prenatal folic acid and asthma
The timing of folic acid-containing prescription filling during pregnancy was associated with childhood asthma, according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read MoreOctober 30, 2015
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Inflammation, obesity and diabetes
Vanderbilt study adds to the mounting role for inflammatory signaling in obesity. Read MoreOctober 29, 2015
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Compound developed at VUMC may delay Huntington’s disease
A compound developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University can improve early symptoms and delay progression of Huntington’s disease in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative disorder. Read MoreOctober 29, 2015
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Healing without scarring
Drugs that inhibit the Wnt signaling pathway can regenerate injured skin and may be useful in treating fibromatosis, degenerative joint disease and cancer. Read MoreOctober 16, 2015
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Risk of death in the ICU
The irregular heart rhythm atrial fibrillation increases the risk of death in patients in the intensive care unit. Read MoreOctober 15, 2015
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VUSN Alzheimer’s study to explore perception of pain
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year $660,633 grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Aging to study how psychophysical responses to acute experimental thermal pain differ between older adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Read MoreOctober 15, 2015