
Roanoke scientists give behind-the-scenes look at biomedical research
“I learned that the heart is a muscle and there are a lot of cells there.” That was one camper’s big takeaway after visiting the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.

“I learned that the heart is a muscle and there are a lot of cells there.” That was one camper’s big takeaway after visiting the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration to the Virginia Division of Consolidated Labs to study food safety for $310,000.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced that $1.5 million in grant funding has been awarded from the Virginia Research Investment Fund in its second funding round.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin has announced a grant award of $77,625 from the Department of Health and Human Services to Virginia Commonwealth University for aging research.

Your employee just posted something to their personal social media account that made you cringe. What do you do as a supervisor and how will this impact the company?

Scientists have found that mosquitoes are changing their hunting routines in response to host cues.

Findings that may have important implications for regenerative medicine with the goal of one day inducing tissue regrowth for people that have lost limbs were published July 3 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A young scientist at the UVA School of Medicine has received a prestigious grant to determine how best to grow gut microbes to fight disease and improve human health.

Laura Beaudet, a junior psychology major, has aspirations for a career in special education. Through her pursuit of a Pathways minor in disabilities studies, she has learned a great deal about herself and the people around her.

According to the World Malaria Report 2018 from the World Health Organization, there were 219 million cases of malaria worldwide with 435,000 deaths in 2017.
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