
McEachin announces HHS grant to VCU for cancer research
Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant award of $77,625 from the Department of Health and Human Services to Virginia Commonwealth University for cancer treatment research.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant award of $77,625 from the Department of Health and Human Services to Virginia Commonwealth University for cancer treatment research.

Without expecting to do more than answer a question posed by a YouTube video, Virginia Tech researchers may have changed how people think about the process of freezing.

Virginia Tech biochemist Brandon Jutras has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating and extremely painful condition that is the most common late stage symptom of Lyme disease.

Researchers looked at surveys of more than 30,000 Americans over a period of 40 years, finding that the happiness of a couple having sex once per week is just as much or more than couples having sex multiple times per week.

Now in its third year, the Virginia Tech College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund recently announced research awards that will support such diverse projects as nanotechnology, mass extinction events, and halting disease in corn.

As wireless networks continue to grow and progress, 5G networks are gaining prominence with systems being integrated into everyday life.

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has awarded funding to four multi-institutional research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced $2.51 million in funding in support of 41 Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) awards.

“One of the things we like to say about the Rappahannock is that it’s really a couple of rivers in one,” said Lawton Clites, a Fredericksburg kayaker who first paddled the river 17 years ago.

David Schmale, a professor in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to New Zealand, where he will work to improve the security of water systems.
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