Discovery at Vanderbilt
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have reached a milestone in the development of potential new drugs for Parkinson's disease. READ MORE
One in 10 diagnosed with lung cancer have never smoked. A web-based clinical trial was started at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to investigate why. READ MORE
Does fast food mess with your brain? Vanderbilt scientists are trying to find out. READ MORE
Vanderbilt researchers say insulin medication, used by diabetics, may actually reverse damage to the heart and arteries. WATCH VIDEO
Vanderbilt is one of eight medical centers in the country to test the H1N1 flu vaccine. READ MORE
Collaborative effort takes a close look at women's health in Tennessee READ MORE
Latest Advances in Healthcare
As healthcare research leads to more effective treatments, it sometimes seems that the impossible is being accomplished. For instance, consider the following innovations taking place at Vanderbilt:
- Medications that specifically target cancer cells and leave health cells alone
- Treating a baby's congenital heart conditions before they are born
- Use of bone marrow cells to revive heart muscles destroyed in heart attacks
- Medications that clear out clogged arteries previously requiring a surgical procedure
- Computer-guided radiation that is precisely sculpted to the shape and location of a cancer tumor and which protects healthy tissue from side effects
- Personalized cancer treatment designed and selected based on the unique "fingerprint" of the tumor itself
- Using a small device similar to a pacemaker to minimize the shaking effects of Parkinson's Disease
- Identifying what genes regulate the formation and maintenance of insulin-producing cells as a way to find the cure for diabetes
- Minimally invasive heart valve replacement surgery that does not require opening up the chest
"He said, 'We'll take care of you.'"
Hear how minimally invasive heart surgery saved Diane's life.