Monthly Archives: June 2020
SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detection in Gastrointestinal Sample Displays Poor Performance
Early-Onset Appendiceal Cancer Survival by Race or Ethnicity in the United States
Effects of orally delivered alpha-galactosidase A on gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with Fabry disease
Lysophosphatidic Acid Increases Maturation of Brush Borders and SGLT1 activity in MYO5B-deficient Mice, a Model of Microvillus Inclusion Disease
Myosin VB (MYO5B) is an essential trafficking protein for membrane recycling in gastrointestinal epithelial cells. The inactivating mutations of MYO5B cause the congenital diarrheal disease, microvillus inclusion disease (MVID). MYO5B deficiency in mic… Continue reading
NEW: Children’s Hospital expert offers COVID-19 “safe play” tips for parents
As the world begins to slowly open back up after months of living in a safer-at-home mode, many families are wondering how best to re-introduce their children to society. Continue reading
NEW: VUMC’s RedCap services pandemic response around the world
REDCap, the research data management tool created and powered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is serving extra duty as research teams and public health authorities around the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
UPDATE: COVID-19 screening stations remain in place to keep everyone safe
For members of VUMC’s workforce who plan to be on the Medical Center’s downtown Nashville campus, or at other locations, the first stop upon arrival will be at one of the COVID-19 screening stations. Continue reading
NEW: Vanderbilt, AstraZeneca collaborate on new COVID-19 antibody research
Vanderbilt University and the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have signed a new agreement that will enable AstraZeneca to advance two coronavirus-neutralizing antibodies discovered by the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center (VVC) into clinical devel… Continue reading
NEW: STAT News feature on how VUMC’s remdesivir dispensing protocol reshaped Tennessee’s COVID-19 response
The pharmacists were looking for a gray-haired man in a brown shirt. That’s how he’d described himself a few minutes before, as he was pulling off the interstate. He’d just driven 165 miles west, through much of Tennessee — crisscrossing the crooks in… Continue reading