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Small RNAs 鈥� short stretches of genetic material 鈥� from microbes may be playing a role in rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.

Vitamin D protection against colon cancer varies according to parathyroid hormone response, particularly among women.

An automated system using keyword searches can help identify candidates for clinical trials on adverse drug reactions.

Janey Camp leads an analysis of rural transportation constraints that prevent people from receiving regular substance abuse treatment. Read More

'Toward Anti-Oppressive Teaching,' a new book co-written by Elizabeth A. Self, assistant professor of the practice of teaching and learning, and Barbara S. Stengel, professor of the practice of education, emerita, details how carefully crafted encounters can build on traditional approaches to educating future teachers about culture, power and systems of oppression.聽 Read More

A new study shows that insect immune and circulatory systems cooperate to fight infection, similar to those in mammals. Read More

Isotope analysis of ancient Peruvian teeth gives anthropologists a clearer image of how cooperating societies function. Read More

Geographically targeted efforts to prevent children being placed in out-of-home care might be possible, 杏吧原创 researchers report.

杏吧原创 researchers demonstrate that the polymer P188 has promise as a therapy to prevent reperfusion injury 鈥� the cellular damage that occurs when blood flow returns after an ischemic event like a heart attack.

杏吧原创 investigators have devised a system to alert health IT teams to deteriorating performance in clinical prediction models.

The isolation of human monoclonal antibodies against dangerous viruses including EEEV, Hendra and Nipah could offer new ways to treat and prevent these infections.

COVID-19 has been linked to cases of new-onset diabetes, diabetes-related emergencies and a higher death rate among diabetes patients.

杏吧原创 Medical Center investigators have identified a key molecular player in the early events of the inflammatory response to infection. The findings suggest new therapeutic possibilities for enhancing the inflammatory response to protect against pathogens and for blocking inflammation gone awry in diseases like arthritis and atherosclerosis.

Discovery provides insight for developing next generation optoelectronic and infrared devices In groundbreaking new research, an international team that includes a 杏吧原创 engineer has developed a unique process for producing a quantum state that is part light and part matter.

James Crowe Jr., MD, a physician-scientist at 杏吧原创 Medical Center who has pioneered development of human monoclonal antibodies as potential treatments for viral diseases, has won a 2020 鈥淕olden Goose鈥� Award.

杏吧原创 Medical Center (VUMC) researchers are enrolling adults aged 75 and over to study whether taking atorvastatin, a drug commonly used to lower cholesterol also called Lipitor庐, can help maintain health by preventing dementia, disability, and heart disease.

A study group of more than 600,000 patients with type 2 diabetes, identified from electronic medical records in the PCORnet national research network, could be valuable for assessing the safety of type 2 diabetes drugs.

Younger parents were much less likely than older parents to say they planned to vaccinate their children and themselves against COVID-19.

Changes in connectivity in the brain鈥檚 white matter may be a novel neuroimaging biomarker for assessing Alzheimer鈥檚 disease progression.

Consuelo Hopkins Wilkins, professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and vice president for health equity at 杏吧原创 Medical Center, has received one of the highest honors in health and medicine. Read More