Researchers reveal amazing biological ‘wires’ of a sort never seen before Scientists have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment ca... Read more
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified an unexpected contributor to rheumatoid arthritis that may help explain the painful flare-ups associated with the... Read more
A high-tech form of brain surgery that replaces scalpels with sound waves improved quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease that has resisted other forms of treatment, a new study... Read more
Our Bimal Desai, PhD, has discovered an electrical switch within a certain type of immune cell that could let us treat inflammatory diseases including inflammation of the brain, as seen in P... Read more
Unexpected finding points to potential way to stop macular degeneration In a major step forward in the battle against macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly... Read more
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a rare and powerful type of immune cell in the meninges around the brain, suggesting the cells may play a critical but p... Read more
May even work on melanomas that have resisted treatment An experimental cancer drug works differently than intended and shows significant promise for stopping melanoma and possibly other for... Read more
No cure available for exposure to potentially deadly ionizing radiation UVA researchers have identified compounds that could lead to the first antidote for potentially deadly radiation expos... Read more
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a new strategy for attacking cancer cells that could fundamentally alter the way doctors treat and prevent the deadly di... Read more