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Since testing began, the Molecular Diagnostics Lab has analyzed samples from eight health districts across Southwest Virginia and more than 650 businesses, nursing homes, medical and dental offices, construction sites, and schools. "This publication in Nature Communications provides an overview of the enormous dedication of the people, including Dr. Finkielstein and her colleagues, and the successful enterprise they have implemented in service of not only Virginia Tech, but also the entire community," said Michael Friedlander, executive director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, V...

Cancer biologist to join Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty Published Sunday, Jul. 11, 2021, 12:04 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© sdecoret – stock.adobe.com) Every year, 790 Americans are diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of brain cancer called a diffuse midline glioma, according to the National Cancer Institute. Tragically, only 2 percent of children with this disease will survive five years. Jia-Ray Yu, a...

Date Time NHMRC funding supports diabetes and ovarian cancer clinical trials Projects protecting against loss of kidney function for diabetes patients and refining ovarian cancer prognosis have received NHMRC funding. UNSW Sydney researchers have received $4.8 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for two clinical trials to improve the health of Australians. UNSW Senior Vice Dean (Research and Operations) at the faculty of Medicine & Health, Professor Sean Emery, said the funding was critical in helping researchers undertake innovative research that has the pot...

Concerns Over Taishan Nuclear Plant Highlight Official Secrecy Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Jun 16, 2021 A radioactive gas leak at a nuclear power plant in southern China has been described by experts as a mundane issue with the cladding on fuel rods in one of the plant’s reactors. The episode has nevertheless highlighted the Chinese government’s culture of opacity, which can help fuel fears of a crisis even where none exists. At CNN, Zachary Cohen broke the news about troublesome reactor in the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, which only came to light after the leak of a letter sent to the U...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Virginia Tech will open a new focused ultrasound facility in its latest expansion, located at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Va. view more  Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech By 2034, nearly one-quarter of Americans will have reached retirement age, according to the United States Census Bureau. But as people age, the brain becomes more susceptible to developing disorders, such as essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, and tumors. Clinicians and researchers are looking to emerging noninvasive ways to interact with living brain tissue that can be p...