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A total of 75,000 swabs are slated for production each week, with 15,000 swabs remaining at UVA Health to support testing at the health system.

Projects range from development of biosensors, artificial intelligence for testing, vaccine development, novel treatment options, and better data analytics to predict the spread of the virus.

The Story of How a Broadly Useful Cardiac Imaging Technique Comes to an MRI Scanner Near You

For the last 15 years, Epstein and the researchers in his group have been the world leaders in developing a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technology that can directly measure...

Imagine if muscle stem cells could be harvested from the patient, cultured, and then 3-D printed onto a biocompatible substrate, where they would be stretched and exercised to grow and mature to produce a foldable tissue patch that would then be implanted at the muscle wound site.

Richard J. Price, who holds joint faculty appointments in UVA’s schools of Medicine and Engineering, is using focused soundwaves to overcome the natural “blood-brain barrier,” which protects the brain from harmful pathogens. His approach aims to breach the barrier only where needed, and only when...

Georgia Mackenzie is a University of Virginia cross country and track runner, a newly graduated biomedical engineer, and a painter and illustrator. She sees a connection in all of her pursuits.

We are on the frontier of developing regenerative medicine therapeutics and tissue-engineering implants for our wounded warriors. However, the groundbreaking innovations at the heart of the bio-economy require long-term, sustained funding support.

This edition focuses on research, education and thought leadership in biomedical data sciences and systems biology.

UVA biomedical engineering professor Kimberly Kelly founded ZielBio to bring new cancer treatments to market.

Payam Pourtaheri and Ameer Shakeel met in their final year as biomedical engineering students at the University of Virginia (UVA), looking for one last research project that could help propel them into medical school. Three year later (and no medical school), their company AgroSpheres is...