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Vanderbilt University, colloquially known as Vandy, is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Opening genomics data to all with a new cloud-based platform

Non-invasive remote control of blood sugar levels for Type 2 Diabetes using only electromagnetic fields?

First inexpensive ankle exoskeleton that could be worn under clothes without restricting motion

A new lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive ankle exoskeleton could be widely used among elderly people, those with impaired lower-leg muscle strength and workers whose jobs require substantial walking or running. Developed by Vanderbilt mechanical engineers, the device is believed to be the first ankle exoskeleton that could be worn under clothes without restricting motion. It

First inexpensive ankle exoskeleton that could be worn under clothes without restricting motion

Nanoparticle targets tumor-infiltrating immune cells and tells them to fight

New research builds on Nobel-winning immune checkpoint blockade work Immunotherapy’s promise in the fight against cancer drew international attention after two scientists won a Nobel Prize this year for unleashing the ability of the immune system to eliminate tumor cells. But their approach, which keeps cancer cells from shutting off the immune system’s powerful T-cells

Nanoparticle targets tumor-infiltrating immune cells and tells them to fight

Restless legs syndrome gets a real starting point for potential treatments

Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash

Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash. That’s essentially what Vanderbilt University researchers produced after discovering the blueprint for turning the carbon dioxide into the most valuable material ever sold – carbon nanotubes with small diameters. Carbon nanotubes are supermaterials that can be stronger than

Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash

Getting much closer to a revolutionary battery to power renewable energy industry

Any resident of the Great Plains can attest to the massive scale of wind farms that increasingly dot the countryside. In the Midwest and elsewhere, wind energy accounts for an ever-bigger slice of U.S. energy production: In the past decade, $143 billion was invested into new wind projects, according to the American Wind Energy Association.

Getting much closer to a revolutionary battery to power renewable energy industry

Hijacking human proteins to better deliver anti-cancer drugs

Powerful molecules can hitch rides on a plentiful human protein and signal tumors to self-destruct, a team of Vanderbilt University engineers found. Their research gives oncologists a better shot at overcoming the problems of drug resistance, toxicity to patients and a host of other barriers to consistently achieving successful gene therapy for cancer. It is

Hijacking human proteins to better deliver anti-cancer drugs

Ultrathin energy harvesting device so thin it can be embedded in clothing

Imagine slipping into a jacket, shirt or skirt that powers your cell phone, fitness tracker and other personal electronic devices as you walk, wave and even when you are sitting down. A new, ultrathin energy harvesting system developed at Vanderbilt University’s Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory has the potential to do just that. Based on battery technology

Ultrathin energy harvesting device so thin it can be embedded in clothing

Transient electronics get very real

Building transient electronics is usually about doing something to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them with acid, dunk them in water. Professor Leon Bellan’s idea is to dissolve them with neglect: Stop applying heat, and they come apart. Using silver nanowires embedded in a polymer that dissolves in water below 32

Transient electronics get very real

More effective drugs may be available by tapping a vast new plant pharmacopeia

Cocaine, nicotine, capsaicin. These are just three familiar examples of the hundreds of thousands of small molecules (also called specialized or secondary metabolites) that plants use as chemical ammunition to protect themselves from predation. Unfortunately, identifying the networks of genes that plants use to make these biologically active compounds, which are the source of many

More effective drugs may be available by tapping a vast new plant pharmacopeia

Brain imaging can determine whether someone is acting in a state of knowledge about a crime

Judges and juries always ponder whether people act “knowingly” or “recklessly” during criminal activity — and neuroscience has had little to add to the conversation. But now, researchers, including computational neuroscientist Read Montague of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, have discovered that brain imaging can determine whether someone is acting in a state of

Brain imaging can determine whether someone is acting in a state of knowledge about a crime

It comes down to privacy — biomedical research can’t proceed without human genomic data sharing

It comes down to privacy — biomedical research can’t proceed without human genomic data sharing, and genomic data sharing can’t proceed without some reasonable level of assurance that de-identified data from patients and other research participants will stay de-identified after they’re released for research. Data use agreements that carry penalties for attempted re-identification of participants

It comes down to privacy — biomedical research can’t proceed without human genomic data sharing

DNA photocopier could identify the bacteria or virus causing an infection even before the symptoms appear

Imagine a “DNA photocopier” small enough to hold in your hand that could identify the bacteria or virus causing an infection even before the symptoms appear. This possibility is raised by a fundamentally new method for controlling a powerful but finicky process called the polymerase chain reaction. PCR was developed in 1983 by Kary Mullis,

DNA photocopier could identify the bacteria or virus causing an infection even before the symptoms appear

Improvement seen in patients treated with cimaglermin following heart failure

Novel Drug May Help Repair Failing Hearts Cimaglermin, a new experimental drug, may help restore cardiac function after heart failure, according to a first-in-man study published today in JACC: Basic to Translational Science. Heart failure, characterized by a loss of cardiac function, is among the leading causes of death worldwide. A significant portion of heart

Improvement seen in patients treated with cimaglermin following heart failure

New insecticide won’t harm honeybees but makes mosquitoes explode

In a new study, Vanderbilt pharmacologist Jerod Denton, Ph.D., Ohio State entomologist Peter Piermarini, Ph.D., and colleagues report an experimental molecule that inhibits kidney function in mosquitoes and thus might provide a new way to control the deadliest animal on Earth. The investigators aim their inhibitor, named VU041, at the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, the leading

New insecticide won’t harm honeybees but makes mosquitoes explode

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3D models show dolphins already used narrow-band sound waves for orientation 5 million years ago
Senckenberg researcher Dr. Rachel Racicot and her former student Joyce Sanks from Vanderbilt University have examined the inner ear of the extinct dolphin genus Parapontoporia. In their study, ...
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Vanderbilt's children's hospital expands transplant services
is expanding its pediatric transplant services with the addition of pancreas and lung transplantation. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to one of the nation's largest transplant centers, ...
Vanderbilt chancellor: ‘Time to turbocharge Nashville’s innovation economy’
"Nashville can build a thriving and inclusive innovation economy on our own terms, based on what we uniquely do well and rooted in the quality of life we love. But we need to start today." ...
New Fitbit study finds inconsistent sleep can have disastrous impact on your health
A new study has found that getting irregular sleep can have a disastrous impact on your health, both mentally and physically. The innovative research used data from Fitbit users to find out how ...

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Vanderbilt University is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. Vanderbilt University confers degrees through various schools ...
Vanderbilt football's top position battles, including Diego Pavia vs Nate Johnson at quarterback
Vanderbilt football is set to start preseason practice next week. Ahead of the season opener Aug. 31 against Virginia Tech, the Commodores will see several positional battles start to take shape.
Jeffrey Spraggins named director of Vanderbilt University Mass Spectrometry Research Center
Jeffrey Spraggins, a leading scientist in imaging mass spectrometry, has been named director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Center at Vanderbilt University. The MSRC is a highly collaborative ...
How MLB Draft 2024 could impact Vanderbilt baseball's recruiting class
It is a yearly tradition for Vanderbilt baseball to sweat out the MLB draft with its recruiting class. Because MLB allows players to sign professional contracts straight out of high school ...
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