Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Cardiology

Research network yields significant findings related to obesity

The Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) on Obesity has published its findings in a Journal of the American Heart Association special report, which hails the group's work as "the beginning of innovative science, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study identifies potential new approach for treating lupus

Targeting iron metabolism in immune system cells may offer a new approach for treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)—the most common form of the chronic autoimmune disease lupus.

Medications

Scientists test new way to treat eczema

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have developed a new investigational drug that can block inflammatory signaling in a preclinical model of atopic dermatitis—eczema.

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