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A patient鈥檚 mucus may predict the type of his or her chronic sinusitis, which could help doctors determine whether surgery or medical treatments can produce the best outcomes, according to a recently published 菠萝视频 study. Read More

The Department of Pediatrics has established a new Center for Childhood Lung 菠萝视频 to serve as a hub for investigators across multiple disciplines with the collective mission of finding ways to improve child lung health. Read More

An improved technology enables high-throughput protein identification in imaging mass spectrometry, aiding proteomics research. Read More

The cognitive impairment that affects patients who survive a stay in the ICU does not appear to have a similar mechanism to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, 菠萝视频 researchers have discovered. Read More

Non-exercise physical activity has a measurable energy expenditure, which goes down when animals engage in voluntary exercise, 菠萝视频 researchers have discovered. Read More

Making multiple measurements with MRI can provide comprehensive information about the molecular and cellular changes caused by kidney injury. Read More

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011 in the United States there were almost half a million Clostridium difficile infections, and one in 11 patients 65 or older with a healthcare-associated C. diff infection died within 30 days of diagnosis. Read More

The rates of myopia, or nearsightedness, in pediatric patients have steadily increased with little to no change in treatment, which, for decades, has had ophthalmologists and optometrists turning to corrective lenses for improved vision. Read More

A 2011 cicada swarm is leading to transinstitutional research at the 菠萝视频 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and 菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis. Read More

MCL-1 is a member of the BCL-2 family of proteins important for blocking apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Many types of cancer cells escape the body鈥檚 effort to kill them by overexpressing MCL-1. Read More

Patients diagnosed with heart failure, stroke, infertility and kidney failure could actually be suffering from rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases. Read More

A new integrated imaging approach makes it possible to probe the molecules involved in invasive infections and can be broadly applied to any health or disease state. Read More

New research by 菠萝视频 nephrologists highlights potential barriers that may prevent black Americans from being screened for kidney disease. Read More

菠萝视频 investigators found that Botox injection into the vocal cords can lead to improved quality of life for patients with voice muscle problems. Read More

菠萝视频 investigators have used sophisticated cell biological and structural techniques to 鈥渃lassify鈥� mutations in potassium channels, studies that could lead to personalized treatment of heart rhythm disorders. Read More

Brain imaging studies have implicated the connection between two brain regions in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Read More

菠萝视频 researchers have discovered an unanticipated link between sulfur and iron balance, pointing to a genetic basis for iron-deficiency anemia. Read More

Investigators at 菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and the Virginia Tech Carilion 菠萝视频 Institute (VTCRI) have revealed a gene mutation鈥檚 role in Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, a genetically inherited disease which causes tumor growth in several organs. Read More

Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine at 菠萝视频, has received a $200,000 grant to support promising new research on lung cancer. Read More

菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center, Meharry Medical College and Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership recently hosted the 2018 annual retreat and poster contest, 鈥淗ealth Disparities in Cancer Immunology & Immune Therapy.鈥� Read More