UVA School of Medicine Faculty News Weekly Round-Up
\nSeptember 15<\/p>\n
\u2022 Doctors Can Now Predict the Severity of Disease Just by Measuring Molecules<\/p>\n
Gene mutations that cause disease physically alter the interactions of molecules that cells use to communicate with each other. Until now, scientists have had no easy way to measure the incredibly subtle changes in these interaction forces. But researcher J. Julius Zhu of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and his collaborators have developed a method to accurately and efficiently calculate these tiny changes, using a high-tech scientific instrument called “optical tweezers.”<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a feat that requires incredible precision: Force is typically measured in newtons \u2013 the amount of force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass one meter per second squared \u2013 but Zhu\u2019s technique measures on a scale of piconewtons \u2013 one-trillionth of a newton.<\/p>\n
Zhu and his team have described their work in an article published online by the journal Small.<\/p>\n
UVA School of Medicine faculty contributing the article include the following:
\nZhu, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology
\nGuangfu Wang, PhD, Research Scientist, Pharmacology<\/p>\n
Read more: https:\/\/news.virginia.edu\/content\/doctors-can-now-predict-severity-disease-just-measuring-molecules<\/p>\n
\u2022 NBC 29 UVA House Call: Dr. Shayna Showalter on New Clinical Trial for Precision Breast IORT<\/p>\n
Showalter, MD, is Assistant Professor of Surgery at UVA School of Medicine.<\/p>\n
Watch the interview: http:\/\/www.nbc29.com\/clip\/13710771\/uva-house-call-dr-shayna-showalter-on-new-clinical-trial-for-precision-breast-iort
\n—
\nDid we miss something? If you have UVA School of Medicine faculty news to share, please email christa@virginia.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UVA School of Medicine Faculty News Weekly Round-Up September 15 \u2022 Doctors Can Now Predict the Severity of Disease Just by Measuring Molecules Gene mutations that cause disease physically alter the interactions of molecules that cells use to communicate with each other. Until now, scientists have had no easy way to measure the incredibly subtle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"\n