Daily Archives: October 30, 2019
Interpreting Reported Risks Associated With Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors: Residual Confounding in a 10-Year Analysis of National Ambulatory Data
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are commonly prescribed medications with increasing rates of use.1 PPIs are consistently 1 of the top 10 most prescribed drug classes,2 and several are available over the counter, resulting in increased self-directed use. … Continue reading
Disruption of SIRT7 Increases the Efficacy of Checkpoint Inhibitor via MEF2D Regulation of Programmed Cell Death 1 Ligand 1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have some efficacy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), expressed on some cancer cells, binds to the receptor programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1, also called PD1) on T ce… Continue reading
Recurrent Rearrangements in PRKACA and PRKACB in Intraductal Oncocytic Papillary Neoplasms of the Pancreas and Bile Duct
Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms (IOPNs) of the pancreas and bile duct contain epithelial cells with numerous, large mitochondria and are cystic precursors to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), respectively. … Continue reading
Vanderbilt and Meharry host National Center for Biotechnology Information workshop Nov. 5 and 6
VUMC hosts Diversity & Inclusion Workshop
Work/Life Connections offers resources for grief and loss
“Discover”: Clarifying salt’s role in hypertension
Wisconsin’s Jill Wildonger to speak on building a neuron with motors and microtubules, Nov. 7
Sunday’s time change can be a bear. Here’s how to keep from feeling like hibernating.
The time to begin adjust to the time change is several days before it happens, said Raghu Upender, M.D., medical director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center. Getting extra exposure to sunlight can help reset the biological clock and cope with the… Continue reading
2019 VUMC Voice 7-to-12-year-olds’ Halloween art contest winners announced
These pictures belong in a museum where people can come and see ’em. They really are a screa-um. Continue reading