“Insulin is a biologic product. It's different, it plays by different rules,” UVA pharmacy supervisor Justin Vesser said. “It was only here in the last 20 years or so that we started to create human versions in labs.” And that's the problem for diabetics: There is no generic version of the drug.

(Video) Outgoing UVA President Teresa Sullivan spoke to a group of seniors about the difference between free speech and hate speech on Thursday.

“All of these kinds of rules are designed to deal with a problem, a real problem,” said James Coan, a UVA psychology professor. “But what I think is happening here, although we can all recognize that inappropriate touch is a problem, is that people are not sufficiently recognizing that no touch is also a problem.”

Boys with autism spend almost twice as much time playing video games as typical boys do. And many common game features — including predefined ‘roles’ and goals, and a repetitiveness between levels — seem to mesh well with autism traits, such as social difficulties and a preference for routine, says Micah Mazurek, a UVA associate professor of education. “If we are finding that kids with autism are especially drawn to technology,” he says, “why not try to leverage that interest to design interventions?”

We hit the ground in Charlottesville, excited to see the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819. Like many schools, UVA has an assortment of guided and self-guided tours, including a smart-phone tour. The historic colonial UVA campus is practically a living museum on its own, with its Jefferson-designed green spaces and rows of colonial

“The perception is that you can’t get a visa to enter the United States, there is no immigration to the United States, and there are no jobs available for any foreigner in the U.S.," said Scott Beardsley, dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business. “This is just not the reality we are seeing on the ground.”

Today, a growing number of Central Virginians avoid red meat. The allergy has been linked to the bite of the lone-star tick, which is most commonly found in Virginia, Tennessee, southern Missouri and Oklahoma. A new study by a collaboration of UVA allergists and cardiologists has cautiously linked that allergen to an increased risk of heart disease.

The University of Delaware Press and the University of Virginia Press have announced a collaboration. The Delaware press will maintain editorial offices and its editorial board, but the UVA Press will provide manuscript editorial, design and production services.

People with a rare red meat allergy may have a higher risk of heart disease, a new study suggests. The lone star tick's saliva may contain alpha-gal, said lead study author Dr. Jeff Wilson, an allergy research fellow at the UVA Health System. So, when the tick bites a person, it exposes the individual to the alpha-gal and may trigger an immune response in the body. Then, when that person eats red meat and some dairy products, the body responds by producing antibodies to alpha-gal, Wilson said.