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Health And Medicine

  • Fifteen years after it was launched, REDCap, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s research data management tool, has reached 1 million users throughout the world.

    Aug 15, 2019

  • Scarcely a year after its national launch, the “All of Us” research program, which aims to accelerate the prevention and treatment of disease, has enrolled more than 230,000 research participants — more than a fifth of its recruitment goal of 1 million people. All

    Aug 14, 2019

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    Meet the alpacas that are helping researchers who study autism, Alzheimer’s and cancer

    Written by Heidi Hall Alpacas aren’t the typical animals that drivers spot as they wind their way through rural Tennessee, but there’s a happy herd of them outside Waverly, where they eat the finest pellets, walk up and down a scenic hill and potentially save lives. They’re owned by… Read More

    Aug 13, 2019

  • ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ investigators demonstrated that intestinal cells promote beneficial microbe behavior — the findings support developing microbiota-based therapies for intestinal health.

    Aug 13, 2019

  • Inflammation synergizes with a cell’s intrinsic genetic program to promote the development of pancreatic cancer.

    Aug 12, 2019

  • Engineered bacteria that produce beneficial compounds — and that could potentially be administered in foods like yogurt — may be a future treatment for obesity and other chronic diseases.

    Aug 8, 2019

  • A previously unrecognized role for a cell surface receptor may open new therapeutic options for the treatment of fibrotic diseases.

    Aug 8, 2019

  • ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ investigators have now discovered that, in contrast to prevailing dogma, fibroblasts are not all alike; instead, they have distinctive functions following tissue injury.

    Aug 8, 2019

  • Women who consume alcohol during pregnancy — even in small amounts — have a 19% greater risk of miscarriage than women who don’t use alcohol.

    Aug 8, 2019

  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has awarded two ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ epidemiologists the Memorabilia Medal “For the People’s Health” in appreciation of their contributions in helping the nation establish a population-based research program for cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases.

    Aug 1, 2019

  • Michael Savona, MD, has received a competitive grant to develop therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

    Aug 1, 2019

  • Understanding the roles of various immune cells that reside in the gut lining could shed light on inflammatory bowel diseases.

    Jul 30, 2019

  • Microtubules, part of the cell's cytoskeleton, regulate the secretion of insulin, suggesting that they may be a new target for treating diabetes.

    Jul 29, 2019

  • A national study is seeking to determine whether genetic testing can help physicians choose the best drugs for their patients to relieve pain and depression.

    Jul 25, 2019

  • Investigators have discovered how a DNA repair pathway protein shields sites of damage to avoid mutations and maintain genome integrity.

    Jul 25, 2019

  • Men are more susceptible to progressive kidney disease than women; new VUMC studies point to differences in the expression and activation of the EGF receptor.

    Jul 25, 2019

  • A first-of-its-kind mouse model may help reveal mechanistic underpinnings for the altered behaviors of autism spectrum disorder.

    Jul 24, 2019

  • Researchers are chronicling rare but serious toxicities that may occur with immune checkpoint inhibitors, the most widely prescribed class of immunotherapies.

    Jul 22, 2019

  • ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ collaborators focused on minimally invasive prostate surgery are developing an endoscopic robotic system with two-handed dexterity at a much smaller scale than existing options.

    Jul 18, 2019

  • The ways certain proteins spread may help explain why the prevalence of Alzheimer’s is higher in women than in men.

    Jul 18, 2019