Clinical

Vulnerability found in immunotherapy-resistant triple-negative breast cancer

Oct 08, 2023 at 08:42 pm by Staff

  By Tom Wilemon Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have discovered a druggable target on natural killer cells that could potentially trigger a therapeutic.... Read More

Kidney Disease Gene Also Has a Protective Mutation

Oct 08, 2023 at 07:31 pm by Staff

  By Craig Boerner  African Americans have long been known to be at increased risk of kidney disease due to a dangerous genetic mutation that creates a hole in the.... Read More

Police Blame Some Deaths on ‘Excited Delirium.’ ER Docs Consider Pulling the Plug on the Term.

Oct 02, 2023 at 06:52 pm by Staff

  By Markian Hawryluk and Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News    The way Sheldon Haleck’s parents see it, the 38-year-old’s only crime.... Read More

SARS-CoV-2 infects coronary arteries, increases plaque inflammation

Oct 02, 2023 at 04:53 pm by Staff

  NIH-funded research sheds light on link between COVID-19 infection and increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.   SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes.... Read More

As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines

Sep 30, 2023 at 11:50 pm by Staff

  By Jordan Rau and Tony Leys, KFF Health News    “Covid is not pretty in a nursing home,” said Deb Wityk, a 70-year-old retired m.... Read More

Researchers discover molecular signature for aggressive thyroid cancer

Sep 30, 2023 at 11:29 pm by Staff

  By Leigh MacMillan   A molecular signature that predicts aggressive thyroid cancer could help guide treatment approaches for patients, according to a new study.... Read More

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to begin estimating prevalence of cerebral palsy in Middle Tennessee

Sep 30, 2023 at 11:24 pm by Staff

  New supplemental funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will enable the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute f.... Read More

VUMC performs novel reoperative lung and kidney transplant

Sep 30, 2023 at 11:14 pm by Staff

  By Matt Batcheldor   Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed its first combined reoperative lung and kidney transplant. Nicole Hunter, 36, of Searcy.... Read More

New SMART rotation of military personnel takes place

Sep 30, 2023 at 11:08 pm by Staff

  By Jill Clendening   The latest Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which included 12 members of the United States military, recently c.... Read More

Drug trial shows reduced abnormal bone formation in those with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Sep 30, 2023 at 05:18 pm by Staff

  By Jill Clendening   A multisite, international phase 2 trial evaluating the investigational drug garetosmab has shown that it reduced soft-tissue flare-ups sig.... Read More