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The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as clinics and facilities throughout Middle Tennessee

The ability to block specific viruses that cause arthritis and brain infections

Rett syndrome could have a dimmer switch

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have relieved symptoms in a mouse model of Rett syndrome with a drug-like compound that works like the dimmer switch in an electrical circuit. The finding, reported this week in the journal Human Molecular Genetics, suggests a potential new way to treat the rare neurodevelopmental disorder, which occurs predominantly in

Rett syndrome could have a dimmer switch

A new antiviral drug candidate inhibits a broad range of coronaviruses including the SARS and MERS

A new antiviral drug candidate inhibits a broad range of coronaviruses, including the SARS and MERS coronaviruses, a multi-institutional team of investigators reports this week in Science Translational Medicine. The findings support further development of the drug candidate for treating and preventing current coronavirus infections and potential future epidemic outbreaks. Coronaviruses are a genetically diverse family

A new antiviral drug candidate inhibits a broad range of coronaviruses including the SARS and MERS

NEW ‘TROJAN HORSE’ ANTIBODY STRATEGY SHOWS PROMISE AGAINST ALL EBOLA VIRUSES

Advance Could Also Work Against Other Viruses In research published online today in Science, a team of scientists describe a new therapeutic strategy to target a hidden Achilles’ heel shared by all known types of Ebola virus. Two antibodies developed with this strategy blocked the invasion of human cells by all five ebolaviruses, and one

NEW ‘TROJAN HORSE’ ANTIBODY STRATEGY SHOWS PROMISE AGAINST ALL EBOLA VIRUSES

First Implantable Artificial Kidney with a Microchip

Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William H. Fissell IV, is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an implantable artificial kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart. “We are

First Implantable Artificial Kidney with a Microchip

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