Synthetic Blood Platelets Might Be as Good as the Real Thing to Stop Bleeding
9/4/2024
SelSym, a company co-founded by University of Virginia biomedical engineering professor Thomas Barker, PhD, is developing a product to stop uncontrolled bleeding caused by traumatic injury or surgery. Findings published…
Tajie Harris, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study How the Immune System Benefits the Brain
9/4/2024
Tajie Harris, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, was awarded a five-year $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, titled “Caspase-8 mediated…
9/4/2024
Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, director of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, have been awarded a five-year, $3.4…
Research in Motion: Jay Fox, PhD
9/4/2024
Years ago, when I arrived at the University of Virginia, my research was focused on discovering toxins in snake venoms that give rise to the hemorrhage associated with snake bites.…
Medical Student-Run Research Database Launched
8/27/2024
The Mulholland Society, our medical student governing body, is thrilled to announce the launch of the much-anticipated, medical student-run Mulholland Research Database. This platform is designed to improve research accessibility…
8/27/2024
Automated insulin delivery has quickly become the gold standard for clinical care in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and UVA has long been at the forefront of this technological revolution. In…
8/27/2024
Jonathan Lindner, MD, the Francis Myers Ball Professor of Medicine and vice-chief for research in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Brent French, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering, radiology…
Dawn of ‘Precision Medicine’ Could Revolutionize Diabetes Care
8/27/2024
There is a tremendous opportunity for “precision medicine” to transform diabetes care worldwide, but it will require bold new ways of thinking and significant investments, a School of Medicine expert…
