The results definitively showed that three commonly used drugs were about equally effective at stopping potentially deadly seizures when the default choice proved unable to do so.

Though scientists have studied fertilization for more than a century, there are still new frontiers to explore. This discovery opens up possible new avenues for both fertility and contraception.

The new technique allows researchers to more easily sort genes’ immediate effects from the complex chain reactions that follow. One possible application: more effective testing for new drugs.

The findings improve doctors’ understanding of abnormal, often deadly thickening of the heart and could help them predict patients’ risk of sudden cardiac death and heart failure.

Newborns who suffer seizures near birth, even if they appear to be fine afterward, can have behavioral issues and learning disabilities later. A UVA neonatologist wants to know why.

UVA’s P. Todd Stukenberg has discovered a previously unknown structure inside our cells that helps prevent cancer. This knowledge could improve cancer treatment.

UVA researchers found that a type of cell believed beneficial in MS was part of the problem, offering a new treatment target.

The research could help doctors determine which treatments will be most effective for patients.

Researchers believe the approach may also prove effective in treating other autoimmune diseases such as lupus and eczema.

UVA’s David L. Driscoll is heading up a five-university consortium to support community service boards throughout Virginia working to prevent, treat and manage opioid-use disorders.