VUMC honors four translational scientists
Department of Medicine Drs. Stokes Peebles (Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) and Ravi Shah (Cardiovascular Medicine), were among the four faculty researchers were honored for their…
Team studies new use for pulmonary hypertension drug
An FDA-approved medication enhances the function of T regulatory cells (Treg), a class of immune cells that restrains the immune response, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered.
Asthma study may point to potential new therapeutic approach
Matthew Stier, PhD, left, R. Stokes Peebles, MD, and colleagues are studying a factor involved in the movement of certain white blood cells from the bone marrow to the lungs. (photo by Anne Rayner…
Team explores diabetes drug’s ability to treat RSV infection
A drug used to treat diabetes may point to new therapies for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis — inflammation and obstruction of the lungs’ small airways. A multi-disciplinary team…
Team to study RSV’s role in asthma formation
Investigators in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine recently received a $4.5 million Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Center (AADCRC) grant from the…