As the new Delta variant circulates around the globe, we checked in with infectious disease expert Dr. Bill Petri for answers on increased transmissibility, booster shot timelines and variant research at UVA.
UVA researchers discovered that natural barometers inside cells help maintain healthy blood pressure.
Research shows that men today produce fewer sperm than in the past, and the sperm are less healthy. In an article for The Conversation, a UVA doctor discusses what could be behind the decline.
Climate change poses a particular risk to the giant kelp forests off our Pacific coast. A team of researchers at UVA and UC Santa Barbara are working to understand just how important the “sequoias of the sea” are to the future of a fragile environment.
The new discovery could rewrite medical textbooks, change how scientists understand two important hormone receptors and lead researchers to reevaluate drug designs.
UVA Biocomplexity Institute researchers are founding partners of a new NSF-funded national research institute that will develop solutions for some of agriculture’s biggest problems.
The UVA findings could allow doctors to augment the immune system’s natural response.
Writing for The Conversation, W. Bernard Carlson, a UVA historian of technology, said it’s easy to forget how heavily the U.S. economy relies on existing gas and oil pipelines.