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²¤ÂÜÊÓƵers at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center and the University of Oxford have determined how a human monoclonal antibody isolated at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ in 2021 can prevent infection by the potentially lethal Sin Nombre virus.

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center and ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University are launching a $17 million multiyear transformative program with support from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the biomedical research community.

A ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ study that delved into genetic predisposition for early-onset colorectal cancer by race and ethnicity has identified differing germline risk variants.

A study from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ researchers has found that enhanced treatment support can help smokers who have more difficulty quitting because they are fast metabolizers of nicotine.

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, is one of eight Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2023 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease.

Marie-Claire Harrison, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Brighter Ventures Student Award. The Brighter Ventures Student Award supports Ph.D. students interested in the application of artificial intelligence in the biomedical research field.

Julia Steed will become academic director of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University School of Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She replaces Courtney Pitts who led the top-ranked specialty for the past seven years.

The labs of Lauren Jackson and Todd Graham recently published a study in the Journal of Cell Biology describing a significant interaction between an essential protein complex used for protein and lipid transport—the COPI complex—and its regulator protein.

School of Nursing Professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Curriculum Affairs Betsy Kennedy, BSN’89, MSN’93, PhD, ANEF, has been named as an Association of Women’s Health and Obstetrics Neonatal Nurses fellow.

A transcontinental research effort led by scientists from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center and the University of Michigan has upended some long-standing assumptions about mutations — how often they occur, what causes them and what they do.

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ researchers are bolstering the fight against cancer with technology that enhances the effectiveness of T cells that attack tumors.

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ research finds that GLP1 receptor agonists — a class of diabetes medications — are associated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than another type of diabetes drug (DPP4 inhibitors) in older veterans with no prior heart disease.

A new technique will allow researchers to track subsets of immune cells that patrol and defend the lungs, to better understand the roles of these cells during lung inflammation, infection and injury.

Fluorescent nanoparticles clearly identified colonic adenomas — precursors to colorectal cancer — in mice, and the formulation should translate to clinical use in humans.

Four ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and VUMC faculty—María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Kimryn Rathmell, Keivan Stassun and Major Jackson—have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a record number of elections from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ in a single year. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University School of Nursing Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Rolanda Johnson received the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Joseph A. Johnson Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor Award at the university’s Spring Faculty Assembly.  

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ researchers detail the landscape of RNA editing — a form of RNA modification — in primary effusion lymphoma cells during Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and identify an edited viral microRNA that is critical for infection.

A ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ study finds a strong association between lower ratings for interpersonal communication skills among medical residents in their last year of training and greater likelihood of unsolicited patient complaints among doctors during their first year of employment after training.

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ computer scientist Yankai Huo is working with key clinical collaborators at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center to develop a quantitative and reproducible 3D analytics tool for large-scale digital analysis of kidney tissues and biopsies.

An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients’ risk of blood cancer.