Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

BY: MELISSA MARINO Microtubules are the main component of the cell’s internal scaffolding (cytoskeleton). One of their main functions is to transport organelles and proteins required for a cell to move and divide. While the majority of microtubules originate from a small structure near the nucleus called the centrosome, Irina Kaverina, Ph.D., and colleagues previously [...]

BY: DAGNY STUART Otis Rickman, D.O., has joined Vanderbilt as an assistant professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery and director of Bronchoscopy. Rickman is the first Interventional Pulmonologist to join VUMC and he will focus on patients with breathing issues, including lung cancer patients. The Oklahoma native comes to Vanderbilt from the Mayo Clinic, where [...]

BY: BILL SNYDER Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received a two-year, $4.7 million “Grand Opportunities” stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch a ground-breaking cancer drug discovery program. The Vanderbilt Molecular Target Discovery and Development Center, a joint effort of the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) and the Vanderbilt-Ingram [...]

Susan Taylor, Ph.D., whose research has advanced understanding of how proteins are regulated in the body, has been awarded the 2009 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science. The prize, established by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2006, honors women who have made significant advances in the biological and biomedical sciences and have contributed positively to [...]

The Vanderbilt Breast Center will celebrate National Mammography Day, Friday, Oct. 16, at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, 719 Thompson Lane. National Mammography Day is observed on the third Friday in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month of October, the Vanderbilt Breast Center is giving patients free pink ribbon pins and [...]

Former Tennessee Titans Eddie Georg and his wife, Survivor cast member Taj and their children Jaire and Eddie Jr. will host the second annual T.J. Martell Foundation’s Dunkin’ Donuts Family Fun Run and Walk-A-Thon on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Centennial Park.

William Pao, M.D., Ph.D.,  Assistant Director for Personalized Cancer Medicine at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has launched a clinical trial for lung cancer patients who did not smoke cigarettes.  He has turned to the Web to find patients who are willing to send blood samples for genetic analysis. The DNA analysis is designed to determine why these individuals get [...]