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News: January, 2019

Cancer cells in motion

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Dylan Burnette, PhD, assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt, uses a structured illumination microscope to capture cancer cells in motion. This advanced microscope shines different patterns of light on a sample to reveal images that are blurred by older microscope designs. The microscope he and other researchers use is housed at the […]

Day in Life

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary workout gym — cardio machines, a running track, even a pool. Then you notice that some people are wearing masks. It’s a Monday morning in the Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness, where three  patients are starting their day. Each was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia […]

Advances against cancer

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

While the risks for many types of cancer increase with age, cancer is not restricted to those of older age. Stephen Huff, the subject of our cover story in this issue of Momentum, was 29 years old when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He shares his shock at hearing the news, his gratitude about […]

Resources for Younger Adults with Cancer

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Young adults who receive a cancer diagnosis can feel isolated from their peers and out of place in clinical settings where many of those around them are older adults. There are several organizations and support groups whose mission is to help young adults better cope with and understand their disease. Some organizations help connect individuals […]

Bountiful Baker

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Will Mason Moses spent many hours of his college summer vacation baking cookies, brownies, cobblers, doughnuts and cakes and making savory items such as sausage balls, candied bacon, hummus and queso to hand-deliver to oncology nurses at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt three times a week. The 20-year-old sophomore at Rochester Institute of […]

Pay it Forward

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Terry Burke was going out on a limb. He planned to hire 30-year-old Curt Thorne for a senior-level position at Cigna. “Son, I’m going to give you an opportunity of a lifetime, and if you make it, you’re going to make it big. And if you don’t, I’m going to fire your ass,” Burke told […]

Recent Immunotherapy Approvals from the FDA

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Over the past year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanding array of immunotherapy treatments for more types of cancer. Ongoing clinical trials are expected to lead to more approvals. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Two rare forms of the cancer, primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma and CD30-expressing mycosis fungoides, can now be treated […]

Therapy Advancement for an Aggressive Lung Cancer

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Patients with stage IV small cell lung cancer lived longer when given the immunotherapy atezolizumab with chemotherapy, setting the stage for what could become the first new treatment approved in decades for this particularly aggressive form of lung cancer. Results of the study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that patients […]

Blazing a new trail

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

As a barrel racer, Bari Brooks is accustomed to dealing with a trio of obstacles. The rodeo sport entails staying astride a horse as it careens around three 50-gallon drums arranged in a cloverleaf pattern. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she had to put the racing on hold and make it past three more […]

Journal Watch

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Glutamine metabolism affects T cell signaling & function The cellular nutrient glutamine launches a metabolic signaling pathway that promotes the function of some immune system T cells and suppresses others, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. They show that a drug that inhibits glutamine metabolism — currently in clinical trials as an anticancer agent — might also […]

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