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Article ItemNationally recognized immunologist to discuss Bubble Boy disease and gene therapy on Thursday , article
Warren 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 -
Article ItemRegenerative medicine researcher’s startup companies give hope to patients , article
Sometimes 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 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researcher leads team that examines molecular-level problems of heart disease , article
Associate 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 -
Article ItemResearchers discover how breast cancer mutation in BRCA1 causes protein to self-destruct , article
Of 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 -
Article ItemWithin Reach program on careers in health care set for Nov. 21 , article
The 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 -
Article ItemDevelopmental and Translational Neurobiology Center to open at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute , article
Led 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 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech partners with Nordic universities to host first international precision neuroscience conference , article
The 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 -
Article ItemThird class joins Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health doctoral program , article
The 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 -
Article ItemResearch finds long-term heart attack risk to men who as children experienced parent's incarceration , article
A 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 -
Article ItemNeuroscience expert to discuss enabling discoveries for understanding life , article
James 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 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists find brain plasticity assorted into functional networks , article
Scientists 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 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists find new evidence of immune system plasticity , article
Scientists 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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Article ItemScientists unexpectedly find ALS affects sensory neurons involved in movement , article
The 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 -
Article ItemResearchers find way to make resistant brain cancer cells sensitive to treatment , article
Scientists 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 -
Article ItemProposed School of Neuroscience expected to attract large interest from undergraduates , article
Virginia 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 -
Article ItemScientists find a small tweak may make a big difference in immune cell development , article
Scientists 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 -
Article ItemScientists develop new toolkit to examine molecular mechanisms of human disease , article
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists directly observe activity of genetic mutations in human breast cancer for the first time.
Date: Oct 01, 2015 -
Article ItemScientist receives grant to study underpinnings of hard-to-treat, hereditary breast cancer , article
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientist awarded $1.8 million grant to study structure of BRCA1 proteins and mutations.
Date: Sep 11, 2015 -
Article ItemThursday lecture to explore vaccine questions , article
The great vaccine debate involves questions of clinical practice, policy, and ethics. Is there a limit to the number of acceptable vaccines for children? What risks are acceptable to demand of members of the public to protect others? Who should assess the level of risk in vaccinations?
Date: Sep 09, 2015
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