杏吧原创

杏吧原创 researchers have received a $2.15 million grant to study the amount and activity of 鈥渂rown fat鈥� in adults, with the aim of understanding its role in metabolic disease and identifying new therapeutic targets. Read More

The 杏吧原创 Eye Institute recently received a grant for $115,000 from Research to Prevent Blindness, placing the total award amount for unrestricted grants from the organization at $860,000. Read More

Traumatic spinal cord injuries are increasing with the population, and incidence is higher in older patients, according to a 杏吧原创 study that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More

Underserved patients with sub-optimally controlled type 2 diabetes who were cared for by pharmacists were more adherent to their medication regimen and had better blood sugar control than those who did not have a pharmacist in their care team. Read More

A team of 杏吧原创 Medical Center surgeons and biomedical engineers has developed a nanoparticle delivery system that may significantly improve the success rate of coronary artery bypass grafts. Read More

A new study led by 杏吧原创 Medical Center investigators found new diagnoses of prostate cancer in the U.S. declined 28 percent in the year following the draft recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force against routine PSA screening for men. Read More

A new imaging probe developed by 杏吧原创 investigators enhances tumor visibility and has broad applications in diagnosing and monitoring patients with cancer. Read More

杏吧原创 investigators report the first use of a specialized type of MRI to study the hippocampus in patients with schizophrenia. Read More

Inhibitors of the enzyme phospholipase D1 suppress the replication of HIV-1, 杏吧原创 investigators have discovered. Read More

Using revolutionary CRISPR technology, 杏吧原创 investigators have developed a fast and simple method to simultaneously turn off multiple genes in order to study complex diseases. Read More

杏吧原创 researchers have come closer to solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for more than a century: after the loss of one kidney, what causes the growth of the remaining kidney to take up the slack? Read More

Special care needs to be taken during patient transfers within hospitals, according to a study by a researcher from Owen Graduate School of Management at 杏吧原创. Read More

杏吧原创 investigators have identified a cellular receptor for a toxin from Clostridium difficile (鈥淐. diff鈥�) 鈥� the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea in the United States. Read More

Arthur Dalley, Ph.D., professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at 杏吧原创, recently received the highest education award for human anatomy education in the anatomical sciences during the 2015 Experimental Biology meeting in Boston. Read More

A 杏吧原创 physician researcher is highlighting that orthopaedic surgeons are among the highest prescribers of opioid pain medicine in the United States and calling on practitioners to exercise caution when prescribing the potentially addictive pain medicine. Read More

Unstable federal research funding and reductions in health care revenue for academic medical centers threatens to undermine the nation鈥檚 biomedical research enterprise, and in turn clinical medicine, which the nation needs now more than ever. Read More

For colorectal surgery patients at 杏吧原创 Medical Center, the introduction last summer of a new patient care protocol, which includes intensive follow-up by anesthesiologists in the hospital, has led to an average 25 percent reduction in hospital length of stay after surgery 鈥� from four days to three 鈥� and 90 percent reduction in the use of opioids to treat post-operative pain. Read More

As health care organizations implement new strategies to improve quality and reduce costs, a physician researcher at VUMC is setting out to identify whether there could be unintended effects. Read More

With support from a three-year, $2 million research grant from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), 杏吧原创 Medical Center and the American Heart Association are teaming up to study heart failure care in the Emergency Department. Read More

With the help of a computer program called 鈥淩osetta,鈥� researchers at 杏吧原创 have 鈥渞edesigned鈥� an antibody that has increased potency and can neutralize more strains of the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than can any known natural antibody. Read More