McEachin announces grant award for drug abuse, addiction research
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Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant award of $232,719 for drug abuse and addiction research at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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CareerBuilder investing $2.5 million to establish call center, research facility in Frederick County
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CareerBuilder will invest $2.5 million to establish a 20,000-square-foot call center and research facility in Frederick County, creating 250 new jobs.
A solution to scalability: Researchers from top US universities collaborate on new cryptocurrency
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In a press release, a group of researchers have announced that they are working to develop a new cryptocurrency. The research, which is being conducted by a Swiss-based non-profit organisation, has led to the launch of a scalable payments network that they hope will outshine Bitcoin.
Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors selects projects to tackle lifestyle-related diseases
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The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors is supporting its first three pilot research projects to tackle health issues caused by lifestyle diseases.
UVA research: Long-ignored genes may play major role in inflammatory diseases
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A group of genes that has been largely ignored by scientists could play critical roles in atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), inflammation, and likely obesity and other metabolic diseases, new research suggests.
Reports shed light on Internet Research Agency social media tactics
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Third-party experts released two independent analyses of social media tactics used by Russia’s Internet Research Agency in its attempts to influence U.S. political discourse.
Virginia Tech researchers collaborating with NIH to develop nonopioid drug for chronic pain
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Researchers from the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience are teaming with the University of California San Diego and the U.S. National Institutes of Health to develop a drug – now in its earliest stages -– that can treat certain types of chronic pain without the addictive consequences of opioids.
VCU researchers test effectiveness of anti-opioid vaccine
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VCU researchers are testing a vaccine against opioid abuse developed by the Scripps Research Institute in California. The vaccine is meant to block the effects of heroin and fentanyl in patients with opioid use disorder.
Two researchers earn grant to streamline simulation of fluid contamination disasters
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When oil spills in the ocean, disaster response is based on complicated simulations of the damage, which often take valuable time to render.
Researchers engineer nano-textured surfaces to reduce medical device infection
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Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a method for engineering surfaces on implantable devices that could help reduce deadly infections.
