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Warner, Kaine co-sponsor legislation to help Blue Water Vietnam veterans harmed by Agent Orange

Published date: September 16, 2015 | 5:08 pm

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:17 pm

Today, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to ensure thousands of Navy veterans from the Vietnam War, known as “Blue Water” veterans for their service in waters off the coast, who were exposed to the powerful toxin Agent Orange will be eligible to receive disability and health care benefits they have earned for diseases linked to Agent Orange exposure.

Scientists create immunity to deadly parasite by manipulating human genes

AFP

Published date: September 16, 2015 | 7:49 am

Updated: September 15, 2015 | 9:51 pm

Researchers have silenced genes within human cells to induce immunity to the parasite E. histolytica, which infects 50 million people and causes 40,000-110,000 deaths via severe diarrhea worldwide each year.

Numbness sets in: My mom is gone

Chris Graham

Published date: September 14, 2015 | 1:45 pm

Updated: May 5, 2025 | 8:21 pm

Now that everybody has gone home, in a manner of speaking, it’s starting to sink in, that my mom isn’t going to be making me a million cookies at Christmas, isn’t going to buy me another pair of Converses for my next birthday, isn’t going to talk UVA basketball with me.

In memoriam: Kathi D. Roser

AFP

Published date: September 11, 2015 | 10:40 pm

Updated: September 11, 2015 | 11:08 pm

Kathi D. (Graham) Roser, 62, formerly of Crimora, and most recently of Keymar, Md., died Tuesday (Sept. 8, 2015). A celebration of her life for her Virginia friends and family will be held at the home of her son, Chris Graham, at 433 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.

Virginia Tech scientist furthering research field of structural oncology to study BRCA1 mutations

AFP

Published date: September 11, 2015 | 2:10 pm

Deborah Kelly, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, to develop an innovative technique to investigate what causes proteins to err.

One last kiss on the cheek: A lucky mama’s boy

AFP

Published date: September 9, 2015 | 2:00 am

I don’t remember why it was, but one day in fifth grade, I left home for the bus stop without giving my mom a kiss on the cheek.

Governor McAuliffe announces winners of first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition

Chris Graham

Published date: September 8, 2015 | 6:47 pm

Updated: May 27, 2025 | 8:40 pm

Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced the winners of the first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition. The competition provided $850,000 to five companies in the bioscience and energy sectors that were looking to expand their business in Virginia.

Governor’s business plan competition for $850,000 announcing winners

Chris Graham

Published date: September 3, 2015 | 12:22 am

Updated: May 27, 2025 | 8:40 pm

Governor Terry McAuliffe is announcing the winners of the first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition that will provide $850,000 to four businesses in the bioscience or energy sectors that are looking to expand their businesses in Virginia.

Virginia Tech scientists reveal cellular clockwork underlying inflammation

Chris Graham

Published date: September 2, 2015 | 8:05 am

Updated: September 22, 2025 | 6:58 pm

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered key cellular functions that help regulate inflammation — a discovery that could have important implications for the treatment of allergies, heart disease, and certain forms of cancer.

Charlottesville names Andrew Baxter as new fire chief

AFP

Published date: August 26, 2015 | 5:26 pm

Updated: August 26, 2015 | 4:30 pm

Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones has named Andrew Baxter as the new city fire chief.

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Warner, Kaine co-sponsor legislation to help Blue Water Vietnam veterans harmed by Agent Orange

Scientists create immunity to deadly parasite by manipulating human genes

Numbness sets in: My mom is gone

In memoriam: Kathi D. Roser

Virginia Tech scientist furthering research field of structural oncology to study BRCA1 mutations

One last kiss on the cheek: A lucky mama’s boy

Governor McAuliffe announces winners of first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition

Governor’s business plan competition for $850,000 announcing winners

Virginia Tech scientists reveal cellular clockwork underlying inflammation

Charlottesville names Andrew Baxter as new fire chief

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