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  • It’s in the Genes: Weight and Metabolism Determined by Genetics More Than Diet

    New research by a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student and her UVA team could lead to tailored nutritional programs designed for a person’s genetics.

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  • Simple Scan Can Predict Risks of Serious Heart Problems

    UVA biomedical engineering researchers have developed an MRI technique to analyze the fat surrounding a patient’s heart, potentially enabling earlier heart disease interventions.

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  • UVA Engineering Seeks Applicants for Talent Pipeline

    UVA Engineering is recruiting talent for its Rising Scholars program.

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  • UVA Alums’ ‘Micro-Farm’ Has Darden School Seeing Greens

    Darden School dining is reaping the rewards of engineering alumni’s entrepreneurship as a Babylon Micro-Farms customer.

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  • Silvia Blemker Recognized by NAI for Advancing Muscle Health Through Innovation

    Blemker has been inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. 

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  • UVA Study Uncovers Key Heart Responses to Viral Infection

    New insights could change the game for treating viral heart infections and preventing heart failure.

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  • UVA Model Advances Rational Design of More Effective Maternal Vaccines for Newborns

    Assistant professor Sepideh Dolatshahi and Ph.D. student Remziye Wessel lead research on vaccines that may help save more lives. 

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  • UVA Researchers Simplify Signal Classification with Smarter, Faster Tech

    UVA develops Python-based tool using CDT for faster, accurate signal classification, enabling robust AI applications in healthcare and engineering.

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  • Uncovering the Mechanism for Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer

    University of Virginia researchers advance understanding of chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer, offering hope for new treatment strategies.

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  • Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Student Studied Body’s Response to Space Travel as NASA Intern

    Jeff Saucerman advisee Malcolm O’Malley helped NASA researchers make sense of life sciences data to mitigate impacts of space travel on our immune systems. 

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  • Podcast: Dr. Shayn Peirce-Cottler on How Diabetes and Alzheimer's Diseases Impacts the Smallest Blood Vessels

    Dr. Peirce-Cottler develops computational models and combines them with wet lab experiments to study how tissues heal after injury and to develop therapies for inducing tissue regeneration.

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  • UVA Faculty Uncover the Key to Preventing Fibrosis in Biomaterial Implants

    Researchers in the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering have discovered a type of fibroblast cells that appear to drive a deadly disease progression. 

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