Health And Medicine
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How the cell makes morphine
菠萝视频 investigators have discovered how mammals, including humans, produce the painkiller morphine. Read MoreAug 25, 2015
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Brain circuitry in psychosis
Functional magnetic resonance imaging has revealed faulty circuits between the thalamus 鈥 a central hub of brain activity 鈥 and other brain regions. Read MoreAug 21, 2015
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New type of trial shows promise for several cancers
Anti-cancer drugs are typically tested on one type of cancer at a time. But an international consortium of cancer investigators, including 菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) researchers, simultaneously tested an existing therapy in patients with several different forms of cancer that all exhibit the same tumor gene mutation. Read MoreAug 20, 2015
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Grants bolster HIV-focused research capacity
The 菠萝视频 Institute for Global Health (VIGH) has received two new grants from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build HIV-focused research capacity with key partners in Zambia, Mozambique and Brazil. Read MoreAug 20, 2015
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Study seeks to ease 鈥榗hemobrain鈥 for cancer patients
Many women who receive chemotherapy for breast cancer report problems with their thinking, memory and attention after treatment. Read MoreAug 20, 2015
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New therapeutic target for diabetes
The factor FoxM1 increases the proliferation and function of insulin-producing beta cells, making it an attractive therapeutic target for diabetes. Read MoreAug 20, 2015
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Grant bolsters Clinical Data 菠萝视频 Network
The Mid-South Clinical Data 菠萝视频 Network, led by 菠萝视频 University鈥檚 Russell Rothman, M.D., M.P.P., has been approved for a three-year, $8.5 million funding award from the independent Patient-Centered Outcomes 菠萝视频 Institute (PCORI) to expand its efforts to improve healthcare throughout the Southeast. Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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Macara lands award to explore cancer cell behavior
菠萝视频鈥檚 Ian Macara, Ph.D., has won an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) 鈥 nearly $6.6 million over seven years 鈥 to support the 鈥渦nusual potential鈥 of his research, which seeks to understand and predict cancer cell 鈥渂ehavior.鈥 Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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Million Veteran Program data spurs research in pharmacogenomics of kidney disease
A team of 菠萝视频 and Nashville VA researchers, led by Adriana Hung, M.D., MPH, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to use the Million Veteran Program (MVP) data to conduct diabetes research. Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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Kennedy Center for Excellence lands five-year renewal grant
The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to continue the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at the 菠萝视频 Kennedy Center (VKC). Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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Protein 鈥榗lumping鈥 linked to severe form of genetic epilepsy
菠萝视频ers at 菠萝视频 University for the first time have demonstrated in a mouse model that aggregation, the 鈥渃lumping together鈥 of abnormal proteins, can contribute to a severe form of genetic epilepsy. Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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VUMC鈥坰tudy shifts thinking on how bone fractures heal
New findings show that fibrin, a protein that was thought to play a key role in fracture healing, is not required, shifting understanding of how fractures heal. Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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Origins of neuroblastoma
菠萝视频 researchers are exploring how neuroblastoma tumors begin and progress, knowledge that could provide new treatments for this pediatric cancer. Read MoreAug 12, 2015
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Drug combos enhance ovarian cancer cell death
Drugs that target DNA damage improve ovarian cancer cell response to platinum chemotherapies, suggesting new therapeutic opportunities. Read MoreAug 11, 2015
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Bridging the antibiotic gap
菠萝视频 researchers have discovered how certain molecules with antibiotic properties are synthesized, findings that could lead to new drugs that overcome the increased antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Read MoreAug 7, 2015
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Stomach cancer cues
菠萝视频 scientists have discovered a new molecular mechanism that promotes stomach cancer development, findings that could provide new opportunities for treatment. Read MoreAug 6, 2015
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Genotyping project to be an 鈥榚ngine of discovery鈥
菠萝视频 University researchers next month will launch a major initiative to acquire 鈥渄ense genotypes鈥 from 100,000 individuals whose medical histories are known. Read MoreAug 6, 2015
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Rothman named to lead population health research efforts
Russell Rothman, M.D., MPP, professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Health Policy, chief of the Section of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and director of the 菠萝视频 Center for Health Services 菠萝视频, has been named assistant vice chancellor for Population Health 菠萝视频. Read MoreAug 6, 2015
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New targeted therapy shows promise for rare joint tumor
菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators and colleagues at several major medical centers have been testing a new targeted therapy that is showing promise for the treatment of a rare tumor that forms in and around joint cavities. Read MoreAug 6, 2015
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菠萝视频 Clinical Trials Radiology Support Core launched
菠萝视频鈥檚 Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences has launched the 菠萝视频 Clinical Trials Radiology Support Core. Read MoreAug 6, 2015