UVA Researchers Combine Machine Learning and Human Learning to Identify Heart Drug
1/31/2024
University of Virginia scientists have developed a new approach to machine learning – a form of artificial intelligence – to identify drugs that help minimize harmful scarring after a heart…
Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, Awarded $2.8 Million to Study Vascular Stenotic Disease
1/24/2024
Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, a professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, and Craig Kent, MD, a professor in the Department of Surgery and the chief executive officer…
UVA Researchers Identify Unknown Factor in HIV Transmission
1/17/2024
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have found long-sought answers to questions about HIV transmission, and those findings could lead to new ways to prevent the disease’s spread. More…
1/17/2024
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have received $3.1 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to pioneer the use of focused soundwaves to improve treatment…
UVA Researchers Seek to Save Children From Deadly Diarrhea in New International Effort
1/10/2024
UVA researchers have joined a new international consortium that will work to understand how climate change could affect dangerous diarrheal diseases, a leading cause of death for children under 5…
UVA Discovery Could Help Prevent Major Cause of Deaths Following Lung Transplant
1/10/2024
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential way to improve the success of lung transplants by preventing damage caused when blood flow is restored to the…
George Bloom, PHD, and Collaborators Discover Dire Effect of Toxic Tau Protein on Brain Cells
1/4/2024
Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for our brain cells, a finding which could lead to new treatments.…
Healthy Omega-3 Fats May Slow Deadly Pulmonary Fibrosis
1/4/2024
Could healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and delay the need for lung transplants? UVA pulmonary researchers…
