10/3/2023
An international team of scientists has identified nearly a dozen genes that contribute to calcium buildup in our coronary arteries that can lead to life-threatening coronary artery disease, a condition…
Chemotherapy Drug Could Prevent Deadly Heart Failure
9/19/2023
A chemotherapy drug used to fight bone-marrow cancer also has the potential to treat and prevent potentially deadly heart failure, a powerful new drug-screening tool developed at UVA Health suggests. The…
David Schiff, MD, Highlights Promising New Drug for Brain Tumor
8/23/2023
A top UVA Health cancer expert is highlighting how a new drug could transform how doctors treat a brain tumor that typically strikes younger people. David Schiff, MD, the Harrison…
Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, Leads Pioneering Research to Combat Cocaine Addiction
8/23/2023
Pioneering researchers at UVA Health are testing whether focused sound waves can help people overcome cocaine addiction, a growing problem in Virginia and elsewhere. The scientists have launched a clinical…
Mete Civelek, PhD, and Team Make Discovery About Coronary Artery Disease
8/11/2023
UVA School of Medicine researchers probing coronary artery disease – the nation’s No. 1 killer – have identified a normally protective biological process that can go wrong inside blood vessel…
Surprise COVID Discovery by Peter Kasson, PhD and Team Helps Explain How Coronaviruses Jump Species
8/11/2023
Unexpected new insights into how COVID-19 infects cells may help explain why coronaviruses are so good at jumping from species to species and will help scientists better predict how COVID-19…
8/1/2023
New Alzheimer’s research from UVA Health School of Medicine suggests that enhanced light sensitivity may contribute to “sundowning” – the worsening of symptoms late in the day – and spur…
Inflammation Discovery Could Slow Aging, Prevent Age-Related Diseases
7/26/2023
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key driver of chronic inflammation that accelerates aging. That finding could let us slow the clock to live longer, healthier…
