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by Kara Furlong Dec. 11, 2018, 5:00 PM Craig Lindsley Craig W. Lindsley, co-director of the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Lindsley… Read More

Dec. 6, 2018, 10:49 AM by Bill Snyder Pulmonary-renal syndrome (PRS) refers to a group of rare but potentially fatal conditions that nearly always are caused by a misguided attack by the body’s immune system on the lungs and kidneys. Coughing up blood and blood in the urine are telltale… Read More

Dec. 6, 2018, 10:24 AM by Bill Snyder Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that can “neutralize” the West Nile virus and potentially prevent a leading cause of viral encephalitis (brain inflammation) in the United States. Their findings, reported last week… Read More

Over 27 million people in the United States are living with type 2 (adult onset) diabetes. In most cases, type 2 diabetes results from a mixture of multiple genetic and environmental factors. However, in a small subgroup of patients, mutation of a single gene leads to the form of type… Read More

Apoptosis is a mechanism of cell death that occurs in normal tissues as part of natural cell turnover and remodeling. Apoptotic cells are cleared by efforcytosis, a specialized form of phagocytosis mediated by MerTK, a receptor tyrosine kinase expressed by many phagocytic cells. MerTK recognizes a combination of ligands, such… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s 10 newest endowed chair holders were lauded for their exemplary teaching and scholarship during a Nov. 27 ceremony at the Student Life Center. Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente noted in her opening remarks that this group of chair holders… Read More

by Bill Snyder Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified a biomarker for insulin-producing beta cells. Their finding, reported this month in the journal Cell Metabolism, could lead to improved ways to study and treat diabetes. The researchers demonstrated that human beta cells can be positively identified and… Read More

Five Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year. They are among 416 fellows from around the country selected by their peers for membership in the world’s largest general scientific society “because of their scientifically or socially distinguished… Read More

Nov. 26, 2018, 7:00 AM By Jane Hirtle Ancora Innovation, LLC, the new collaboration between Vanderbilt and Deerfield Management established earlier this year, has completed its inaugural proposal review process and announced two projects selected for funding: A two-year project led by Craig Lindsley,… Read More

Nov. 15, 2018, 11:16 AM by Bill Snyder Research by Vanderbilt scientists suggests that it may be possible to prevent or even reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare, progressive disease characterized by narrowing of and high blood pressure in the small arteries of the lungs. A key player… Read More