Professor Kenneth Walsh, PhD, in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, provided commentary to CNN on the report of the first full DNA sequence analysis of the Y chromosome. Due to its complex structure, new technological advances were … Read More
Civelek and his team wanted to unravel a longstanding mystery about the behavior of smooth muscle cells during plaque formation. These cells, which line our blood vessels, are integral in protecting the body during plaque formation – they build stabilizing … Read More
The focus of my research is inflammation and interleukin-1, the fever molecule, and how it can make heart disease worse specifically in the heart attack. —Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine To watch more Research … Read More
I’m a physician scientist in cardiology and serve as the vice chief for research in the cardiovascular division. I am a cardiovascular imager; my research lies in developing new ways of being able to image the heart non-invasively. —Jonathan Lindner, … Read More
Brant Isakson, PhD, a professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and member of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, has received the 2024 Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Dr. Isakson’s laboratory made the … Read More
University of Virginia scientists have identified a promising approach to delay aging by detoxifying the body of glycerol and glyceraldehyde, harmful by-products of fat that naturally accumulate over time. The new findings come from UVA researcher Eyleen Jorgelina O’Rourke, PhD, … Read More
Thank you to Dr. Hal Dietz for a great Berne Lecture! Title: Leveraging Nature’s Success: Lessons from Modifiers of Marfan Syndrome and Related Aneurysm Conditions Topic: Dysregulation of TGFβ signaling has been implicated in many disease states including Marfan syndrome … Read More
School of Medicine researchers have identified a key contributor to high blood pressure that could lead to new treatments for a condition which affects almost half of American adults. The discovery from UVA’s Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, and colleagues breaks new … Read More
A multidisciplinary team led by Jonathan Lindner, MD, the Frances Myers Ball Professor of Medicine and Vice-chief for Research in the Cardiology Division, was awarded a $3.5M R01 grant from the NIH to develop novel therapies for preventing aortic stenosis. … Read More
Cardiovascular Medicine Professor Kenneth Walsh, MD, PhD, and his team used cutting-edge CRISPR gene-editing technology to develop a special mouse model to better understand the effects of Y chromosome loss in the blood. They found that the loss accelerated age-related … Read More
