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![Rob Gourdie, Samy Lamouille, Harald Sontheimer, and Zhi Sheng [from left] have established research programs into the type of cancer recently diagnosed in U.S. Sen John McCain.](/content/vtnews_vt_edu/en/articles/2017/07/glioblastoma-vtcri-0724/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute teams converge on strategies to defeat McCain’s form of brain cancer , articleResearch teams at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute from three colleges — Engineering, Science, and Veterinary Medicine — are developing new approaches to treat glioblastoma, the aggressive form of brain cancer recently diagnosed in U.S. Sen. John McCain.
Date: Jul 24, 2017 -
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National Institute of Mental Health director to discuss new approach to psychiatric illnesses , articleJoshua A. Gordon will talk about efforts to understand and use neural circuits as potential pathways to target to treat depression, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders.
Date: Jun 05, 2017 -
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Regenerative medicine researcher’s startup companies give hope to patients , articleSometimes it takes a researcher with a flair for entrepreneurship to translate a laboratory breakthrough into a medical treatment. Rob Gourdie, the director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute’s Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine Research, uses "intrapreneurship" to translate laboratory breakthroughs into medical treatments.
Date: May 23, 2017 -
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Nationally recognized immunologist to discuss Bubble Boy disease and gene therapy on Thursday , articleWarren J. Leonard, a National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator and elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, leads the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
Date: May 23, 2017 -
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Virginia Tech researcher leads team that examines molecular-level problems of heart disease , articleAssociate Professor David Brown teamed with scientists from across the U.S. and Europe on a research project that could lead to new approaches for treating the No. 1 killer among men and women worldwide.
Date: Mar 08, 2017 -
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Researchers discover how breast cancer mutation in BRCA1 causes protein to self-destruct , articleOf the more than 3 million people with breast cancer in the United Stated, about 10 percent carry an inherited mutation in their BRCA1 gene. In health, the gene is responsible for suppressing tumors. In disease, the gene goes terribly awry.
Date: Mar 01, 2017 -
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Within Reach program on careers in health care set for Nov. 21 , articleThe Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine is teaming up the with Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Virginia Western Community College, and Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program for the event.
Date: Nov 10, 2016 -
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Developmental and Translational Neurobiology Center to open at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute , articleLed by Michael Fox, an associate professor at the institute, the center will enhance existing strengths in cell and molecular neuroscience and create a collaborative community for scientists.
Date: Sep 26, 2016 -
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Virginia Tech partners with Nordic universities to host first international precision neuroscience conference , articleThe conference, set for Oct. 5-7, will bring together neuroscientists, clinicians, and national health science leaders from the National Institutes of Health, and thought leaders from the pharmaceutical industry in the United States and Nordic nations, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Date: Sep 02, 2016 -
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Third class joins Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health doctoral program , articleThe doctoral program is the Virginia Tech Graduate School’s largest interdisciplinary program, with more than 200 members of Virginia Tech’s Faculty of Health Sciences teaching and mentoring the students.
Date: Aug 23, 2016 -
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Research finds long-term heart attack risk to men who as children experienced parent's incarceration , articleA parent’s incarceration has immediate, devastating effects on a family. Now, Virginia Tech and University of Toronto researchers say there’s a longer term risk: Men who as children experienced a family member’s incarceration are approximately twice as likely to have a heart attack in later adulthood in comparison to men who were not exposed to such a childhood trauma.
Date: Feb 11, 2016 -
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Neuroscience expert to discuss enabling discoveries for understanding life , articleJames Olds, the assistant director for the Directorate of Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation, will speak Feb. 11 at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
Date: Feb 10, 2016 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists find brain plasticity assorted into functional networks , articleScientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have made a key finding of the striking differences in how the brain’s cells can change through experience.
Date: Feb 10, 2016 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists find new evidence of immune system plasticity , articleScientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found a potential way to influence long-term memory formation in the immune system. The researchers published their results in Nature Communications.
Date: Jan 14, 2016 -
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Scientists unexpectedly find ALS affects sensory neurons involved in movement , articleThe same nerves that keep a person from crushing a flower or dropping a water glass are teaching scientists something new about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Commonly called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, the neurodegenerative disease has no cure, in part because of the difficult nature of studying the affected cells. A discovery led by Gregorio Valdez, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, might make researching the mechanisms of the disease easier.
Date: Nov 20, 2015 -
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Researchers find way to make resistant brain cancer cells sensitive to treatment , articleScientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and clinicians from Carilion Clinic have discovered how to sensitize drug-resistant human glioblastoma cells to chemotherapy.
Date: Nov 16, 2015 -
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Proposed School of Neuroscience expected to attract large interest from undergraduates , articleVirginia Tech’s proposed School of Neuroscience is closer to opening after Board of Visitors' approval. “This is a step in Virginia Tech’s development into a 21st century land grant university. Every discipline grounded in human decision-making and human interaction will be transformed by our rapidly expanding understanding of how the brain works. Students across the disciplines who participate in our neuroscience curriculum will be in positions to lead in their chosen fields.”
Date: Nov 11, 2015 -
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Scientists find a small tweak may make a big difference in immune cell development , articleScientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered that even a small shift in environmental factors can change how a cell in the immune system matures.
Date: Nov 03, 2015 -
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Scientists develop new toolkit to examine molecular mechanisms of human disease , articleVirginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists directly observe activity of genetic mutations in human breast cancer for the first time.
Date: Oct 01, 2015
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