{"id":538,"date":"2017-07-21T20:37:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T20:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/fac-dev-blog\/?p=538"},"modified":"2020-03-18T15:05:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T19:05:30","slug":"faculty-news-weekly-round-up-july-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/fac-dev-blog\/2017\/07\/21\/faculty-news-weekly-round-up-july-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty News Weekly Round-Up: July 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

UVA School of Medicine Faculty News Weekly Round-Up
\nJuly 21<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>UVA, Bon Secours to Collaborate on Liver Transplant Care<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Virginia Health System (UVA) and the Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia <\/a>will collaboratively care for patients at Bon Secours\u2019 facilities in Richmond and Newport News that may need liver transplants at UVA. The Bon Secours facilities include St. Mary\u2019s Hospital in Richmond and Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News.<\/p>\n

Under the affiliation agreement, care teams from Bon Secours and UVA will co-manage patients at the Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia with liver disease \u2013 including those with advanced cirrhosis and liver cancer \u2013 who will be evaluated for a liver transplant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough this affiliation, we seek to bring UVA\u2019s expertise to more convenient locations and closer to home for patients throughout the Commonwealth,\u201d said Pamela Sutton-Wallace, chief executive officer of UVA Medical Center.<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/newsroom.uvahealth.com\/2017\/07\/20\/uva-bon-secours-collaborate-liver-transplant-care\/<\/p>\n

\u2022 What to Know About the Tick Bites That Can Leave You Allergic to Meat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outdoor enthusiasts have long been aware of the risk of Lyme disease from tick bites, but it\u2019s only in recent years that people have noticed a strange new allergy to red meat that\u2019s also associated with the insect\u2019s bites. UVA’s Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills is the nation\u2019s primary researcher on this newly discovered allergy and how its culprit, the Lone Star tick, induces it in humans.<\/p>\n

Platts-Mills, who heads the UVA School of Medicine’s Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, has been researching the steady rise in tick-induced meat allergies for nearly two decades. UVA Today recently sat down with him to learn about the progress of his research and what symptoms readers should be on the lookout for following any tick bites.<\/p>\n

Read the UVA Today interview: https:\/\/www.news.virginia.edu\/content\/what-know-about-tick-bites-can-leave-you-allergic-meat<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at the UVA School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>UVA Stroke Center Earns National Certification as Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

UVA Health System Stroke Center has earned national certification from The Joint Commission as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center for providing high-quality care.\u00a0 This certification places UVA in the top two percent for stroke care nationwide, and one of three Comprehensive Stroke Centers in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

Richard Shannon, MD, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, noted, “In their final debriefing Tuesday afternoon, one Joint Commission surveyor told us, ‘The UVA Health System is already providing comprehensive stroke care to your patients, and your patients love your doctors, your nurses and the entire staff.'”<\/p>\n

Shannon is also Louise Nerancy Professor of Health Policy Science at UVA School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Indestructible Virus Yields Secret to Creating Incredibly Durable Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

UVA researchers have determined that a virus, Acidianus hospitalis\u00a0Filamentous Virus 1 \u2013 the “Superman of viruses” – is protected by a type of membrane that science has never before encountered. Its outer coat is half as thick as known cell membranes, yet it is amazingly stable. That\u2019s because of the unusual, horseshoe-shaped arrangement of its membrane molecules, providing a small size, yet remarkable durability that scientists might duplicate for many other purposes. For example, it may offer a way to make microscopic particles of medicine shelf-stable, so that they don\u2019t need refrigeration.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime you find something that behaves really differently, especially something this stable, it\u2019s interesting and potentially useful,\u201d said researcher Dr. Peter Kasson of the\u00a0UVA School of Medicine. \u201cWhen you\u2019re doing curiosity-driven science that finds something new, in the back of your mind, you think, \u2018Hey, this is really different. What might it be good for?\u2019 And this has many potential applications.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers have published their discovery in the journal\u00a0eLIFE<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The following UVA School of Medicine faculty contributed to the study:
\nPeter Kasson, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
\nXiong Yu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
\nEdward Egelman, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics<\/p>\n

Read more: https:\/\/www.news.virginia.edu\/content\/indestructible-virus-yields-secret-creating-incredibly-durable-materials<\/p>\n

\u2022 Could Aggressive Blood Pressure Treatments Lead to Kidney Damage?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aggressive combination treatments for high blood pressure that are intended to protect the kidneys may actually damage the organs, new research from the UVA School of Medicine suggests.<\/p>\n

Researchers identified the potential problem while studying strange kidney lesions in mice that cannot make the enzyme renin; similar lesions are also seen in human patients with high blood pressure. The researchers determined the lesions are the work of renin cells, which are sometimes targeted in treating high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo treat hypertension, people use inhibitors of the renin angiotensin system,\u201d explained Dr. R. Ariel Gomez, director of UVA\u2019s Child Health Research Center. \u201cThey\u2019ve been in use for quite a bit now, and, for the most part, they\u2019re safe. Our work in mice indicates that complete lack of renin results in vascular lesions. The question is whether aggressive, long-term use of compounds that completely ablate the renin angiotensin system causes any problems in humans. Thus, additional research is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers have published their findings in the journal Hypertension<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The following UVA School of Medicine faculty contributed to the study:
\nSilvia Medrano, Senior Scientist, Pediatrics
\nMaria Luisa Sequeira-Lopez, Professor of Pediatrics
\nR. Ariel Gomez, Professor of Pediatrics<\/p>\n

Read more: https:\/\/news.virginia.edu\/content\/could-aggressive-blood-pressure-treatments-lead-kidney-damage<\/p>\n

\u2022 NBC 29 House Call: Dr. Cynthia Yoshida on UVA’s New Endoscopy Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yoshida, MD, is Professor of Medicine at UVA School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

Watch the interview: http:\/\/www.nbc29.com\/clip\/13506486\/uva-house-call-dr-cynthia-yoshida-on-uvas-new-endoscopy-center<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Did we miss something? If you have UVA School of Medicine faculty news to share, please email christa@virginia.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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