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May 10, 2021
Findings provide clues to how toxic proteins clump and spread
Scientists at ӰƵ School of Medicine have determined the structure of protein “fibrils” linked to Lou Gehrig’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders—findings that provide clues to how toxic proteins ...

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May 05, 2021
ӰƵ-developed imaging agent for MRI prostate cancer detection gets FDA approval for safety trials, set to begin this month in Columbus
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved human clinical trials to test the safety of cancer-detection technology developed at ...

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May 05, 2021
Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers from ӰƵ, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and other institutions detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus—a ...

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April 27, 2021
Researchers collaborate on genetic study of SARS-CoV-2 mutations
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, mutations of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—have spread to the U.S. and a host of other countries worldwide. Recent studies suggest that current COVID-19 variants are up to 70% more...

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April 27, 2021
Novel small molecule technology reverses life-threatening opioid-induced respiratory depression without diminishing pain relief
ӰƵ and Atelerix Life Sciences Inc., a Charlottesville, Virginia-based biotechnology company, have signed a two-year option to license a novel ...

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April 20, 2021
An international team of bioethicists and scientists, led by a researcher at ӰƵ, contends it may be justified to go beyond the standing 14-day limit that restricts how long researchers can study human embryos in a dish. Going beyond this policy limit could lead to potent...

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April 15, 2021
One of just 12 researchers nationally chosen for biomedical study to potentially benefit children
Yolanda Fortenberry
Yolanda Fortenberry, an associate professor of biology at ӰƵ studying possible therapies for debilitating sickle cell disease, is one of just 12 resear...

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April 07, 2021
ӰƵ-led team among 38 from 16 countries selected to compete for $10 million prize
A team led by ӰƵ biomedical engineer Dustin Tyler has made it a step closer to the finals in a global competition to develop an “Avatar System that will transport a human’...

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April 06, 2021
Spread of Candida auris on skin—a source of deadly infections—can be effectively stopped, according to new ӰƵ research
A team of researchers from ӰƵ has discovered a formulation of existing medicines that can significantly reduce the presenc...

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March 23, 2021
Researchers at the ӰƵ School of Medicine have established the Case Center for Biomarker Structure and Integration for Sensors (BioSIS), a program to advance biosensor technologies using biophysical techniques to understand and improve sensing of markers of stress and fat...