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April 8, 2020 Brain Discovery Suggests Source of Lifelong Behavioral Issues

The brain finding also could have important implications for a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

January 22, 2020 Potential Way to Halt Blinding Macular Degeneration Identified

It would be the first treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration and could significantly improve treatment for wet AMD.

UVA's Christopher M. Kramer, MD, is a co-principal investigator of the massive study of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

November 6, 2019 The Most Comprehensive Study Ever of a Deadly Heart Condition

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an abnormal thickening of the heart, can present at any age and is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes.

Preeti Chhabra, PhD, and Kenneth Brayman, MD, PhD, discuss a potential way to prevent type 1 diabetes.

September 25, 2019 Potential Way to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes Identified

The same approach that could prevent diabetes may also prove effective for battling autoimmune diseases such as lupus and eczema.

Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, of the School of Medicine, is leading a major autism initiative that seeks to shed light on the differences in autism in boys and girls.

August 12, 2019 UVA Leads Major Effort to Understand Autism Differences in Boys, Girls

The lack of information about autism’s manifestation in girls means many are never diagnosed and miss out on beneficial interventions, UVA's Kevin Pelphrey fears.

Greg Medlock's work aims to determine how to grow microbes most efficiently. It's similar to figuring out how to most effectively fit many items into a box.

July 19, 2019 Microbiome Research Could Pave Way for Microbe ‘Microbreweries’ Across State

A young scientist's pioneering work could lead to a new industry of microbe "microbreweries" that will improve human health by targeting the microbiome.

Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, of the UVA School of Medicine and the UVA Cancer Center, has found that an unhealthy microbiome promotes the spread of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

June 10, 2019 Unhealthy Gut Promotes Spread of Breast Cancer, Study Finds

An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of…

Francine Garrett-Bakelman, MD, PhD, is a cancer doctor and researcher at UVA. She worked with NASA on the twins study.

April 11, 2019 Over the Moon: A UVA Doctor Reflects on Her Work With NASA

On March 3, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly came home from a yearlong stay on the International Space Station, and…

Genetic variations inside individual neurons may explain the mysterious cell death seen in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases, UVA researcher Michael McConnell, PhD, has determined.

February 14, 2019 Discovery May Explain a Great Mystery of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

The cells may die because of naturally occurring gene variation in our brain cells that were, until recently, assumed to be genetically identical.

Researchers Dorian Rosen (left) and Alban Gaultier, PhD, have identified an antidepressant that may also stop deadly sepsis.

February 13, 2019 Antidepressant Could Stop Deadly Sepsis, Study Suggests

An antidepressant used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder could save people from deadly sepsis, new research suggests.

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