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May 23, 2017 Precision Medicine Collides With A Clock Mystery From 1665

An odd phenomenon observed in 1665 explains how the body knows when to replace disease-preventing cells in our guts. The…

May 18, 2017 Platelet Discovery Could Benefit Preemies

The emergency call issued by the American Red Cross earlier this year was of a sort all too common: Platelet…

May 11, 2017 UVA, Inova Award Research Seed Funding Grants to Joint Research Teams

The Inova Health System (Inova) and the University of Virginia (UVA) announced today that they have awarded $450,000 to nine…

May 8, 2017 Kidney Research Leads to Unexpected Heart Discovery

Kidney research at the School of Medicine has unexpectedly led to a discovery about the formation of the heart, including…

April 28, 2017 Artificial Pancreas Benefits Young Children, Trial Shows

A pilot study among young children with Type 1 diabetes found that a University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas helped study…

April 26, 2017 New Approach Speeds Cancer Research Dramatically

A new technique developed at the School of Medicine will let a single cancer research lab do the work of…

April 26, 2017 Pioneering Research Earns Student Prestigious Howard Hughes Fellowship

A promising medical student’s exploration of unknown territory within the central nervous system has received a major boost from the…

April 26, 2017 UVA’s Excellence in Cancer Nets $15 Million Grant

University of Virginia Cancer Center has again been honored as one of just 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers for…

April 20, 2017 Focused Ultrasound Named a Top Research Achievement of 2016

The University of Virginia Health System’s pioneering use of focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor, the most common movement disorder,…

April 18, 2017 Why is a UVA Research Study Replacing People’s Cigarettes?

The University of Virginia Health System is conducting a research study to determine if exercise and reduced-nicotine cigarettes can ease…