Monthly Archives: December 2019

Portraits honor education, science, medicine pioneers

Friends and family of Kathryn Edwards, MD, and the late John Fryer, MD, gathered to celebrate their myriad accomplishments. Continue reading

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Kronos end-user training now available

Starting December 16, all Kronos end-user will have training available in the Learning Exchange related to the Kronos upgrade, which will go live on Jan. 5, 2020. Continue reading

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Diabetes Prevention Program uses telehealth to improve health of employees

Vanderbilt’s Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) has demonstrated its effectiveness at helping employees lose weight as a means of preventing Type 2 diabetes and has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the pr… Continue reading

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VWCH celebrates the season of giving

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Use of Endoscopic Impression, Artificial Intelligence, and Pathologist Interpretation to Resolve Discrepancies From Endoscopy and Pathology Analyses of Diminutive Colorectal Polyps

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Exposing the Achilles heel of antibiotic therapy for pouchitis using microbial function and composition

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Incidence Matters

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Oncogenic Mutations in Armadillo Repeats 5 and 6 of β-catenin Reduce Binding to APC, Increasing Signaling and Transcription of Target Genes

The β-catenin signaling pathway is one of the most commonly deregulated pathways in cancer cells. Amino-acid substitutions within armadillo repeats 5 and 6 (K335, W383, and N387) of β-catenin are found in several tumor types, including liver tumors. … Continue reading

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New Drugs In The Ulcerative Colitis Pipeline: Prometheus Unbound

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Third annual “For Pete’s Sake” concert set for Jan. 19 at City Winery; benefits heart disease research at VUMC

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