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A Virginia Tech researcher has received a $558,747 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to screen small chemical libraries in the Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery to find inhibitors for an enzyme that supports fungal and parasitic infections.
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Many of us have heard the old adage “loving what you do is half the job,” but Dylan Willard, of Lexington, North Carolina, a sophomore majoring in sustainable biomaterials in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, has figured it out earlier than most.
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For many years, neuroscientists have focused on the role of neurons in brain development nearly to the exclusion of all else. Recent discoveries powered by genomic sequencing are standing accepted theories of brain development on their heads.
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Worldwide, billions of users have been affected by cyberattacks born of socially engineered email offensives that cause everything from mild inconveniences to putting human lives at risk when resources such as hospitals and government agencies are compromised.
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American chestnuts were once found in forests from Ontario to Alabama. This “redwood of the East” was often described as a towering giant, dominating forests throughout the East Coast. That all changed, however, with the introduction of chestnut blight.
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Scientists at two of Virginia’s largest universities, working with clinicians from the two major health systems and a growing Virginia-based biotechnology company, have teamed up to address an important medical challenge.
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Many students find it challenging to deal with research paper writing because this is a type of writing that requires effort in finding resources and presenting information in a manner that helps to answer a topic using academic language.
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Planes, buses, and taxis, sure – but the connections that landed Eastern Mennonite University junior Maria Yoder in Guatemala for a spring break research project were also of a different kind.
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There’s a good chance you’ve touched something made out of the polyolefin polymer today. It’s often used in polyethylene products like plastic bags or polypropylene products like diapers.
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The Cartledge Charitable Foundation Inc. has joined the fight against breast cancer with a $100,000 gift to the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
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