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Off-Shelf Glucose Monitors Prove Accurate for Dialysis Patients

In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, new UVA Health research reveals that a factory-calibrated continuous glucose monitor (CGM) may be sufficiently accurate for use by people on dialysis, a group often plagued by dangerous swings in blood-sugar levels.

New DNA Atlas Provides Clues for Heart Disease Risk

School of Medicine researchers have created an important new resource to provide a better look at how genes in specific cells contribute to the risk of heart disease, a leading cause of death worldwide.

Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Less Likely to Eat Fruits and Veggies, Study Finds

Adults with chronic kidney disease are less likely to eat fruits and vegetables than similar people without the disease, according to new University of Virginia School of Medicine research, though the study found that many Americans eat few fruits and vegetables.

Gene That Causes Deadliest Brain Tumor Also Causes Childhood Cancer

A gene that UVA Health researchers discovered is responsible for the deadliest type of brain tumor is also responsible for two forms of childhood cancer, the scientists have found.

In DNA, Scientists Find Solution to Engineering Transformative Electronics

Scientists at the School of Medicine and their collaborators have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that would revolutionize electronics.

Eczema Treatment Cuts Risk of Death From COVID-19

A monoclonal antibody used to treat asthma and eczema can improve survival for patients with moderate to severe COVID-19, a clinical trial conducted at UVA Health suggests.

An Easier Way To Teach Robots New Skills

Researchers have developed a technique that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task with only a handful of human demonstrations.

Experts agree: Dairy cattle's welfare worse than beef cattle

Cattle welfare experts rate the welfare of dairy cattle as lower than that of beef cattle, research from the University of Copenhagen shows. For this, 70 leading experts from across the globe rated the common dairy and beef production systems in their own country.

Physicists Embark On A Hunt For A Long-Sought Quantum Glow

A new approach could make it possible to detect the elusive Unruh effect in hours, rather than billions of years.

A Transnational Study on Veterinarians’ Recommendations Concerning Radiotherapy in Dogs and Cats with Cancer

The field of veterinary oncology has advanced greatly over the last decade, and veterinarians have an important role in advising owners on whether and when certain treatments, such as radiotherapy, are indicated for dogs and cats.

3 Questions: Designing Software For Research Ethics

PhD candidate Jonathan Zong found a lack of systems that earn and maintain public trust in large-scale online research — so he made one himself.

Engineers Use Artificial Intelligence To Capture The Complexity Of Breaking Waves

Their model’s predictions should help researchers improve ocean climate simulations and hone the design of offshore structures.

Soft Assistive Robotic Wearables Get A Boost From Rapid Design Tool

Scientists have created a design and fabrication tool for soft pneumatic actuators for integrated sensing, which can power personalized health care, smart homes, and gaming.

Unpacking Black-Box Models

Researchers create a mathematical framework to evaluate explanations of machine-learning models and quantify how well people understand them.

Integrating Chagas Disease Screening Into Primary Health Care

April 14 is World Chagas Disease Day. Since its discovery in 1909 by Brazilian researcher Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, a Chagas disease epidemic has spread from the rural areas of Latin America to the United States.

Tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated clusters in New England, Yale study says

For New Englanders, tick-borne infections are a fact of life. Lyme disease, a bacterial infection carried by the deer tick, was first described in Connecticut in the 1970s and remains a major problem.

UVA Creates Potent New Tool to Advance Medical Research

School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have created a powerful new tool they say will benefit essentially every area of biomedical research,

Organ-Development Discovery to Boost Battle Against Cancer

A new discovery from the School of Medicine has shed light on how our digestive tract, lungs and liver form, and that finding could have important implications for our understanding of cancer.

Yale Team Uncovers Promising New Therapeutic for Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is the deadliest psychiatric illness aside from opioid use disorder, with scarce effective treatment options.