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The FDA has approved an incisionless form of brain surgery to treat advanced Parkinson’s after testing at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and other sites.
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Cancer immunotherapy, one of the most important and promising therapies for cancer treatments, is being used by oncologists to treat patients suffering from many different cancers including breast, cervical, colon, stomach, and skin.
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Virginia Tech College of Science Interim Dean Ron Fricker updated the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors on Sunday, Nov. 7.
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Every two weeks a roadside worker or first responder suffers fatal injuries and hundreds more are injured, according to a recent AAA report.
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VCU Massey Cancer Center and Virginia State University have received a prestigious “team science” grant from the National Cancer Institute focused on reducing cancer disparities and providing hands-on research opportunities.
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Food can propel you to another time, another culture, another place without ever leaving the dinner table. But what if your surf and turf could make it to your plate without a fish leaving the water or a cow leaving the farm?
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A team of researchers from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia will assess second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries — a tear of the same ACL or of the ACL in the other knee — using wearable sensors.
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With advances in deep learning, machines are now able to “predict” a variety of aspects about life, including the way people interact on online platforms or the way they behave in physical environments.
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The social, economic, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected underserved populations in the United States.
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According to 2021 research in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 35 percent of athletes who have recovered from anterior cruciate ligament injuries will re-injure it after returning to their sport.
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