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Iron storage "spheres" inside the bacterium C. diff—the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections—could offer new targets for antibacterial drugs to combat the pathogen.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2023
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A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led team has developed a scale to measure trustworthiness in biomedical research among minority populations—a landmark tool for researchers to use to improve their own trustworthiness, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2023
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We need zinc: one-tenth of the proteins in our cells require this metal for their normal functions in all aspects of cell metabolism.
Cell & Microbiology
May 17, 2022
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The pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can survive on hospital surfaces—without water—for months, an ability that has helped it become a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections.
Cell & Microbiology
May 2, 2022
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A technology developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has led to the discovery of an "ultra-potent" monoclonal antibody against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, including the delta ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 23, 2021
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Like a spider trapping its prey, our immune system cells cooperate to capture and "eat" bacteria.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 10, 2021
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In a cruel twist, the bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) makes us bleed and then uses our blood to defend itself against us.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2020
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that can "neutralize" the West Nile virus and potentially prevent a leading cause of viral encephalitis (brain inflammation) ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2018
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The cellular nutrient glutamine launches a metabolic signaling pathway that promotes the function of some immune system T cells and suppresses others, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2018
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Despite increasing numbers of underrepresented minority (URM) trainees in the biomedical sciences, there is a persistent shortage of URM faculty who are involved in basic biomedical research at medical schools.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2018
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