VUMC researchers upend dogma about vasopressin production
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered that vasopressin, which has long been thought to be produced only in the brain, is also produced in the kidney.
Nephrology society lauds Bock’s research on kidney development
Vanderbilt’s Fabian Bock, MD, PhD, won two awards at the Basic Research Forum for Emerging Kidney Scientists, presented virtually by the American Society of Nephrology and American Physiological…
Novel therapeutic target identified for chronic kidney disease
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a molecular mechanism that promotes chronic kidney disease following kidney injury.
Kidney diseases research collaboration renewed
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Bayer have agreed to continue a strategic research alliance to evaluate new drug candidates for the treatment of kidney diseases.
New high-tech biobank safeguards critical specimens
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has opened a state-of-the-art automated biobanking system that can store as many as 10 million biospecimens, including blood and body fluids, tissue, and…