Research in Motion Video: John Lukens, PhD
“We now know that the immune system is a key contributor to neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s. We’re trying to work on ways to harness the immune system to treat these disorders.” —John Lukens, PhD, Associa...
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$5.9 MILLION GRANT TO SUPPORT UVA RESEARCH INTO USE OF AI IN HEALTH CARE
The grant will help establish an “AI blueprint” for health care monitoring systems that serve a wider diversity of patient populations.
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Research in Motion Video: Jason Papin, PhD
We build computer models of networks inside cells. We apply these computer models to problems in cancer and infectious disease to understand the genes or proteins, which are the most important ones for us to focus on in developing a new drug to tr...
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Troubling Disparities Found in Esophageal Cancer Outcomes
Lower-income people are less likely to receive a lifesaving treatment for the fastest-increasing type of esophageal cancer – and more likely to die.
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Research in Motion Video: Maria Luisa Sequeira Lopez, MD
I do basic research on renal expressing cells, which are endocrine cells in the kidney, that maintain blood pressure homeostasis. It is very important to do basic research because without that basis you cannot have something to apply and translate to...
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