Stories of Care & Discovery

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Q&A: In the Race for a Melanoma Vaccine, UVA Has Skin in the Game

With Moderna’s recent success in a skin cancer vaccine trial, Dr. Craig Slingluff explains how such therapies work and reports on UVA’s own vaccine development.

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iTHRIV Awards $200,000 to Pediatric, Prenatal and Cancer Research 

iTHRIV Awards $200,000 to Pediatric, Prenatal and Cancer Research

iTHRIV has funded four multi-institution research projects that aim to accelerate health breakthroughs.

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NEW UVA TOOL HELPS DOCTORS BETTER DETECT CANCER CELLS

A new tool for researching and detecting cancer could help doctors better find the “needle in the haystack.”

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iTHRIV Backs Autism, HPV Efforts With $80,000 in Seed Grants

iTHRIV Backs Autism, HPV Efforts With $80,000 in Seed Grants

The iTHRIV seed grants aim to help people with autism in crisis and reduce HPV vaccine hesitancy. 

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Pioneers of Precision Medicine

A special presentation highlighted UVA's leadership in precision cancer medicine.

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