FDA Approves UVA-Developed Artificial Pancreas
The breakthrough system combines a glucose sensor, insulin pump and a smart control algorithm to allow Type 1 diabetes patients to continually regulate blood-sugar levels.
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What Cancer Survivors Need After Treatment Concludes
A nurse-led intervention for cancer survivors to gauge their psycho-social health and wellness weeks after their treatments have ended shows signs of success.
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Faculty Spotlight: George Bloom Seeks to Untangle Alzheimer’s Riddle
The neurobiologist says the key to beating Alzheimer’s might be preventing it before symptoms start.
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Major Epilepsy Study Offers Much-Needed Answers on 3 Lifesaving Seizure Drugs
The results definitively showed that three commonly used drugs were about equally effective at stopping potentially deadly seizures when the default choice proved unable to do so.
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Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand Mysterious DNA Circles Common in Cancer Cells
For years, researchers weren’t exactly sure what to make of these extra loops of genetic material . That’s quickly changing.