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 鈥渟equoias of the sea鈥 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鈥檚 biggest problems.
The UVA findings could allow doctors to augment the immune system鈥檚 natural response.
Writing for The Conversation, W. Bernard Carlson, a UVA historian of technology, said it鈥檚 easy to forget how heavily the U.S. economy relies on existing gas and oil pipelines.
In total, the scientists identified 78 regions on our chromosomes where genes are located that influence our risk for Type 1 diabetes. Of those, 36 regions were previously unknown.