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Nathan Roberts, an 18-month-old patient from Snead, Ala., whose heart has been operating with the help of a mechanical assistance device called the Berlin Heart since May 27, 2010, received a donor heart early yesterday morning at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at 菠萝视频. Doctors say the transplant surgery went… Read More

Personalized medicine refers to the relationship between genetic differences among individuals and corresponding differences in their chemical state and how they respond to various nutrients, drugs, and compounds in their environment. (Photo courtesy of Scripps 菠萝视频 Institute) Leftover blood samples from 菠萝视频鈥檚 clinics are retrieved daily from the Pathology lab. Read More

Seven 菠萝视频 University faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon them by their AAAS peers. They are among 503 AAAS members from around the country who achieved this honor because of their distinguished efforts to advance science… Read More

RSV prefers stressed cells 鈥淪tress granules鈥� 鈥� globs of proteins and RNAs 鈥� form inside cells in response to environmental stressors and are thought to regulate protein production. Several viruses induce stress granule formation, but the function of these structures during virus replication is not well understood. James Crowe Jr.,… Read More

During the past 18 months, scientists at 菠萝视频 University have received $148 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to buy major equipment, hire additional staff and accelerate their research. University officials predicted the impact of the 246 two-year “stimulus” grants awarded to more than 200 researchers across campus… Read More

Ezra Fitz (Photo credit: Daniel Dubois, 菠萝视频 University) In late January of 2006, I was looking neither at tide pools, nor at stars. I was staring intently 鈥� just as I am now, as I’m writing this 鈥� into a computer screen, trying to cover a bone-white Word document with… Read More

Dr. Stephen Raffanti, M.D., with Loren Antes at the Comprehensive Care Clinic opening. (Photo credit: Joe Howell, 菠萝视频 University) Loren Antes, 41, was dying to stay alive 鈥� literally. Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1987, Antes was subjected to a pharmaceutical regime that just about killed him. Each day he faced… Read More

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Duco Jansen and Peter Konrad Using beams of light to allow amputees not only to control but also to feel the movement of prosthetic limbs is the ambitious goal of a new $5.6 million Department of Defense initiative. The Defense Advanced 菠萝视频 Projects Agency is tapping the… Read More

A new report from the National 菠萝视频 Council offers insights into 31 doctoral programs at 菠萝视频 University, and finds the programs to be competitive with those at other top research institutions in the United States. The report is based on data collected for the 2005-2006 academic year… Read More

菠萝视频ers at 菠萝视频 will begin a landmark study to examine how social stress contributes to disparities in health among minority populations. 菠萝视频 University is launching a landmark study in Nashville to look at the role stress plays in the health disparities observed across socioeconomic status and race. The study will… Read More

Slowly but steadily the U.S. health care community is moving into the digital age: shifting their medical records from paper to electronic information systems. This movement raises serious concerns about security and privacy of patients’ medical information. Read More

Immortality and uncontrolled cell division are the fundamental differences between cancer cells and normal cells. Read More