Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists’ research confirms virus...
Virginia Tech researchers studying how a usually benign virus attacks the human heart with sometimes fatal consequences determined that the virus disrupts the heart’s electrical system – and with dual...
View ArticleAcclaimed neuroscientist to head institute’s Center for Neurobiology Research
Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, a developmental neurobiologist and a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been named the new director of the institute’s Center for Neurobiology...
View ArticleVirginia Tech cancer researcher Carla Finkielstein to join Fralin Biomedical...
Carla Finkielstein, a cancer researcher and an associate professor of biological sciences in Virginia Tech’s College of Science, will join the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on July 1....
View ArticleScientists discover cellular structure of poorly understood visual brain region
Graduate student Ubadah Sabbagh placed a cold glass slide on the microscope. It was getting late and the lab was quiet. He adjusted a few settings, and traced along the optic tract before zooming in on...
View ArticleFralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists developing new strategy to...
Scientists often focus on abnormal accumulations of proteins called plaques in the brain in efforts to find a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. But the effects of these plaques have not been...
View ArticleFralin Biomedical Research Institute and partners pioneer nation's first...
Research partners across three institutions are opening the nation’s first and only resource center dedicated to promoting clinical trials research in the rapidly expanding field of pediatric...
View ArticleFralin Biomedical Research Institute biotech spin-off seeks potential breast...
For 40 percent of women with triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive type of breast cancer, the cancer will come back and spread – even after the tumor is resected and treated with...
View ArticleFralin Biomedical Research Institute Principles of Human Dignity and...
The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC supports justice and dignity for all people.We reject all forms of prejudice and discrimination, including those based on age, color, disability, gender,...
View ArticleNew reopening guidelines starting Aug. 3
On Aug. 3, along with the rest of Virginia Tech, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute will enter the next phase of modified operations during which some additional personnel will return from...
View ArticleGrant to establish research infrastructure to support recovery for persons...
People are seeking help for opioid-use disorder in ever-growing numbers, but only 10 percent of them stay in treatment for recovery.Those lagging recovery rates are a concern for scientists and...
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