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UVA Scientists Reverse Severe Epilepsy in Lab Mice

4/13/2026

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have used a next-generation form of gene editing to fix the underlying cause of a severe form of epilepsy in lab mice. Their…

UVA Researcher Jie Sun, PhD, Secures $3.8 Million NIH Grant to Advance Cutting-Edge Respiratory Immunity and Vaccine Design

4/13/2026

A major new federal grant is set to advance research into respiratory immunity at the University of Virginia, where Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor Jie Sun, PhD, has been awarded $3.8…

Research in Motion: Stefanie Redemann, PhD

4/13/2026

By learning about [cell] structure, we hope to develop a knowledge base that will help us to create better treatments, diagnostics, and get a deeper understanding of some of the…

Ribosome Function Research Highlights Links to Human Disease

4/13/2026

A recent study from the lab of Ahmad Jomaa, PhD, in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, reveals how the ribosome-associated chaperone NAC acts as a molecular gatekeeper…

EMERSE System Downtime Scheduled for April 20-24

4/6/2026

The EMERSE system will be unavailable from April 20 through approximately the end of day April 24 as analytics and reporting teams complete a major upgrade to the platform. EMERSE…

UVA Researchers Present Landmark AIDS Drug Assistance Program Studies at Conference

4/6/2026

Researchers from the University of Virginia’s (UVA) McManus Research Group and the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) presented three posters at the 33rd Conference on Retroviruses…

UVA Surgery Team Leads JAMA Published Landmark Analysis of National Burden of U.S. Police Pursuit Fatalities

4/6/2026

A team of researchers from the University of Virginia Department of Surgery has published a national study examining police pursuit–related fatalities in the United States, highlighting an important and often…

Ariel Gomez, MD, and Maria Luisa Sequeira Lopez, MD, Earn $3.2 Million to Study Blood Pressure Medication, Kidney Disease

4/6/2026

R. Ariel Gomez, MD, Harrison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Department of Pediatrics' Child Health Research Center, and Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez, MD, Harrison Distinguished Professor of…