Josh Barney

The gift of more than $5.75 million will fund an initiative that will help doctors better understand and treat rare blood cancers.

UVA scientists have figured out a way to create precise carbon nanotubes using DNA technology, opening the future to a possibility of science-fiction breakthroughs like hyper-fast computers.

UVA researchers have found that a gene known to cause a deadly type of brain cancer is behind two other childhood cancers as well. The discovery could lead to more effective treatments for cancers in children and adults.

UVA researchers are exploring whether brain stimulation can bring relief for chronic pain when medicine doesn’t help.

On average, men die five years sooner than women. New research from UVA’s School of Medicine may explain why this is, and could lead to longer, healthier lives for men.

UVA Health researchers are working on a promising new way to treat two types of brain tumors that are almost always fatal.

The findings suggest that factory-calibrated blood glucose monitors could offer an important tool for patients on dialysis and those suffering end-stage renal disease.

UVA Health experts helped develop the new national recommendations designed to prevent as many as 3,500 sleep-related infant deaths a year.

C. difficile infections are an “immediate public health threat that requires aggressive action,” according to the CDC.

New discoveries from UVA researchers and their colleagues highlight the crucial role of malnutrition in global tuberculosis.