Monthly Archives: September 2018
Pets of VUMC 2018 — Collection #7: Field and stream. Also yard and tub.
This is the seventh collection of photographs submitted by VUMC employees to the 2018 “VUMC Voice” Pet Photo Contest. If you have always wanted to see photos of dogs named Bean, Zappa and Lil’ Wayne, we’ve got you covered. Continue reading
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Vanderbilt implants Tennessee’s first artificial heart
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Cardiac Surgery Team performed Tennessee’s first total artificial heart implantation on a 56-year-old man with congestive heart failure. Continue reading
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Leonard Alfredo Harris to deliver Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture tomorrow
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Law, Genomic Medicine and Health Equity conference and webcast on Nov. 29
The integration of genomic and precision medicine into health care offers enormous opportunities to improve human health, but there is significant risk that these emerging therapies will worsen inequities instead of alleviating them. Continue reading
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Clinic helps adults clarify true status of penicillin allergy
Two years ago when she was given a type of penicillin to fight off bacterial pneumonia, Kelly Cummins developed a rash, itching and shortness of breath. Continue reading
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Music, Mind and Society program growing fast
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has designated the Program for Music, Mind and Society at Vanderbilt as a 2018 National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab for its focus on the arts, health and socio-emotional well-being in families of childr… Continue reading
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Music, Mind and Society program growing fast
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has designated the Program for Music, Mind and Society at Vanderbilt as a 2018 National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab for its focus on the arts, health and socio-emotional well-being in families of childr… Continue reading
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Learn to navigate the tuition assistance tool
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Epithelial RNase H2 Maintains Genome Integrity and Prevents Intestinal Tumorigenesis in Mice
RNase H2 is a holoenzyme comprising 3 subunits (ribonuclease H2 subunits A, B, and C) that cleaves RNA:DNA hybrids and removes misincorporated ribonucleotides from genomic DNA via ribonucleotide excision repair. Ribonucleotide incorporation by eukaryot… Continue reading
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Insights From Deep Sequencing of the HBV Genome—Unique, Tiny, and Misunderstood
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a unique, tiny, partially double-stranded, reverse-transcribing DNA virus with proteins encoded by multiple overlapping reading frames. The substitution rate is surprisingly high for a DNA virus, but lower than that of other … Continue reading
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