NIH-funded study of people with type 1 diabetes shows safety, efficacy benefits of new system A multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating a new artificial pancreas system – whic... Read more
Efficient method for making single-atom-thick, wafer-scale materials opens up opportunities in flexible electronics. Since the 2003 discovery of the single-atom-thick carbon material known a... Read more
University of Virginia mechanical engineers and materials scientists, in collaboration with materials scientists at Penn State, the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Stand... Read more
The microbiome is the collection of microorganisms, such as bacteria, that naturally live inside us. New research suggests the microbiome determines autism risk. • The mother’s microbiome, t... Read more
How would we do it? By using viruses as tiny aestheticians A new discovery about the effects of aging in our cells could allow doctors to cure or prevent diabetes, fatty liver disease and ot... Read more
Our Bimal Desai, PhD, has discovered an electrical switch within a certain type of immune cell that could let us treat inflammatory diseases including inflammation of the brain, as seen in P... Read more
Unexpected finding points to potential way to stop macular degeneration In a major step forward in the battle against macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly... Read more