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Dolatshahi's research aims at personalized vaccines during pregnancy and enhancing early childhood immunity via understanding maternal antibody transfer.

Using “Theranostics” To Treat Cancer

Kubelick develops imaging tools to track the movement and efficacy of T cells deployed in cancer therapies, aiming ultimately to enhance the cells’ defensive abilities.

Researchers hope to find shared traits and weaknesses in bacteria that develop resistance to antibiotics and use those weaknesses against them. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem around the world.

From the "Making of Medicine" blog: Jason Papin, PhD, is one of the developers of a sophisticated new computer model that will help produce safer medications.

UVA researchers say they have found a biological process that contributes to the disease and may be a target for life-saving therapies.

New research adds to the discussion about whether there’s such a thing as “healthy obesity” and for whom it applies. UVA scientists found clues in genetics.

Dean West has now been elected to both the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering.

Finding Answers for Patients and Families Affected by Neurodevelopmental Disorders

At UVA, Bajikar will blend biomedical engineering and computational biosciences to study the ‘Goldilocks genes’ behind neurodevelopmental disorders like Rett syndrome.

Here's what it's like to be a graduate student in BME at UVA

In choosing a graduate school, you are choosing a local community as well as an academic home. Here's what it's like to be a BME graduate student in Charlottesville, VA.

Hydrogels Model Fibrotic Lungs to Study Blood Vessel Formation, Disease Progression

A UVA Engineering team has developed a new analytical tool that could lead to a cure for a terrible disease.