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    Anticancer olive compounds

    Compounds found in olives and olive oil have anticancer activity, which may contribute to the cancer preventive properties attributed to the Mediterranean diet. Read More

    Jul 27, 2015

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    How to trick a wily virus

    菠萝视频 investigators have discovered how human antibodies induced during testing of an experimental 鈥渂ird flu鈥 vaccine kill the virus. Read More

    Jul 24, 2015

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    Targeting bone metastasis

    The rigidity of the bone extracellular matrix increases the ability of tumor cells to destroy bone, suggesting new targets for anticancer drug development. Read More

    Jul 23, 2015

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    Young professionals bolster cancer research efforts

    With a basketball tucked under his arm, 7-year-old Roger Waynick climbed on top of his dad鈥檚 black Tahoe SUV with the intention of sailing upward through the air toward the basketball goal. He was poised to make the most epic dunk ever. Read More

    Jul 23, 2015

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    Study shows effectiveness of pediatric stroke protocol

    A system to ensure that children with stroke-like symptoms receive emergency evaluations results in faster diagnosis and treatment for patients with the condition, a team of physicians and researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children鈥檚 Hospital at 菠萝视频 has shown. Read More

    Jul 23, 2015

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    Study explores protein’s role in inflammation-associated cancer

    An antioxidant protein may protect against colon cancer that develops in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting new strategies for reducing colon cancer risk in these patients. Read More

    Jul 23, 2015

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    Damon Runyon cancer grant boosts Davila鈥檚 research

    Marco Davila, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine and of Cancer Biology, has received a grant from the Damon Runyon Cancer 菠萝视频 Foundation that will provide $450,000 over three years to help fund his research on therapies for several types of blood disorders, including various forms of leukemia and non-Hodgkin (also known as non-Hodgkin鈥檚) lymphoma. Read More

    Jul 23, 2015

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    Study finds rerouting bile acids may offer simpler alternative to gastric bypass surgery

    A new surgical procedure could offer a simpler approach to achieve some of the same weight-loss and metabolic benefits associated with gastric bypass surgery, researchers at VUMC report. Read More

    Jul 21, 2015

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    Study reveals how protein helps cells tolerate DNA鈥坉amage

    菠萝视频 and Stanford investigators have discovered how a protein that's part of the DNA replication "machinery" helps cells tolerate DNA damage. Read More

    Jul 16, 2015

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    VUMC joins Human Vaccine Project as first scientific hub

    菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC), the Human Vaccines Project and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced this week that VUMC has become the project鈥檚 first scientific hub. Read More

    Jul 16, 2015

  • Grant enhances mental illness drug research efforts

    Grant enhances mental illness drug research efforts

    菠萝视频 at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center aimed at developing potential new treatments for major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder got a big boost this week from The William K. Warren Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Read More

    Jul 16, 2015

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    Biochemistry鈥檚 Hodges stays grounded in joy of discovery

    Albert Einstein once wrote, 鈥淚t is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.鈥 For Emily Hodges, Ph.D., that awakening occurred in a high school science class taught by Trudy Anderson, Ed.D. 鈥淪he made science exciting,鈥 Hodges said. Read More

    Jul 16, 2015

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    Veterans returning from Middle East face higher skin cancer risk

    Soldiers who served in the glaring desert sunlight of Iraq and Afghanistan returned home with an increased risk of skin cancer, due not only to the desert climate, but also a lack of sun protection, 菠萝视频 dermatologist Jennifer Powers, M.D., reports in a study published recently in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Read More

    Jul 16, 2015

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    Drug signaling networks

    菠萝视频 investigators have developed a new algorithm to understand the networks of signaling molecules that control drug action. Read More

    Jul 15, 2015

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    Study highlights pneumonia hospitalizations among U.S. adults

    Viruses, not bacteria, are the most commonly detected respiratory pathogens in U.S. adults hospitalized with pneumonia, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study released today and conducted by researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and hospitals in Chicago and Nashville, including 菠萝视频 University Medical Center. Read More

    Jul 15, 2015

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    Hhex on cancer

    A new mouse model demonstrates that the Hhex gene 鈥 which is linked to blood cancers 鈥 is critical for normal blood cell production. Read More

    Jul 13, 2015

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    Delivering cells for heart repair

    A polymer hydrogel material developed by 菠萝视频 scientists improved the delivery of stem cells for heart repair. Read More

    Jul 10, 2015

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    Signals of schizophrenia

    菠萝视频 researchers have discovered a possible molecular mechanism of schizophrenia that could lead to new treatments for the disorder. Read More

    Jul 9, 2015

  • VUMC鈥坙ands major pharmacogenomics grant

    VUMC鈥坙ands major pharmacogenomics grant

    菠萝视频 University Medical Center has received a five-year, $12.8 million grant from the federal government to develop better ways to predict how patients will respond to the drugs they鈥檙e given. Read More

    Jul 9, 2015

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    Study could lead to vaccine for mosquito-borne dengue virus

    菠萝视频ers at 菠萝视频 University and the National University of Singapore have determined the structure of a human monoclonal antibody which, in an animal model, strongly neutralizes a type of the potentially lethal dengue virus. Read More

    Jul 9, 2015