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Three UVA Biomedical Engineering Professors Inducted to Acclaimed Medical and Biological Engineering Organization
Brian Helmke, Timothy Allen and Mete Civelek join 20 other BME faculty as AIMBE Fellows.
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Hear How These Health Innovators Avoid Getting ‘Lost in Translation’
In its debut podcast, the Coulter Center for Translational Research highlights health-care innovators at UVA and beyond who are translating scientific discoveries into tangible healthcare solutions.
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Celebrating UVA Women Engineers at the Forefront of Healthcare Advancements
We take pride in the many innovative researchers among our faculty. Join us in celebrating some of the women who contribute to our school and community, shaping the future of engineering.
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CAD Library Provides Teachers With Tools Fit To Print
BME and CS faculty and students are helping to build a library of open-source, computer-assisted designs for-3D printable tools such as microscopes and other devices for K-12 STEM educators.
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How Artificial Intelligence May Benefit Heart Patients
With machine learning and human learning, scientists uncover the biological cause and effect of fibroblast behaviors after heart attack and advanced the development of new treatments.
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Blood Cancer Discovery Identifies High-Risk Patients, Could Improve Outcomes
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UVA Identifies Trigger for World’s Most Common Liver Disease
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition causing fat to build up in the liver for no clear reason.
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$3.1 Million Grant Backs Research for Ultrasound Brain Treatments
Researchers at the University of Virginia received $3.1 million to pioneer the use of focused soundwaves to improve treatment of a debilitating brain condition called cerebral cavernous malformations,
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Kelsey Kubelick Joins the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UVA
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.
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UVA Scientists Target Dangerous, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
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.
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A New Tool to Prevent Harmful Medication Side Effects
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.
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Coronary Artery Disease Discovery Offers Answers About Nation’s No. 1 Killer
UVA researchers say they have found a biological process that contributes to the disease and may be a target for life-saving therapies.