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Changes in the aging heart may lessen the risk of irregular heartbeats , articleResearchers have discovered that microscopic structural changes in the aging heart may reduce the risk of irregular heartbeats.
Date: May 20, 2025 -
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AI-backed saliva test shows promise for flagging chemotherapy risk, early results indicate , articleFralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists developed a saliva-based artificial intelligence screening method that could flag patients at risk for dangerous side effects from a widely used chemotherapy drug.
Date: Apr 22, 2025 -
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Researchers investigate low-intensity electrical pulses to help the immune system fight cancer , articleHigh-intensity electrical pulses have been medically used to destroy tumors while sparing healthy tissue. But lower-intensity pulses may have a different effect — they reshape the battlefield, making tumors more vulnerable to the body’s own defenses.
Date: Apr 17, 2025 -
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Even under stress, male-female pairs had each other’s backs , articleIn a new study, scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute found that coordination in fearful situations looks different in males and females.
Date: Apr 07, 2025 -
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Building better biomaterials for cancer treatments , articleSlight changes in therapeutic nanoparticles and biomaterials may one day improve treatment outcomes for cancer patients.
Date: Feb 18, 2025 -
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Words activate hidden brain processes shaping emotions, decisions, and behavior , articleAn international team, led by Virginia Tech scientists, reveals the relationship of activity of neurotransmitters to how humans process the emotional content of language.
Date: Jan 09, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech student explores promising treatment avenue for lupus , articleWith support from a new National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award F30 award, Oakland is exploring an approach that uses DNA-like molecules that imitate bacterial DNA and have the potential to possibly ease lupus symptoms.
Date: Dec 17, 2024 -
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Decoding mental health , article Date: Oct 20, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech, Children’s National Hospital, and industry experts explore the impact of AI on health care , articleWhile exploring the potential of artificial intelligence, old fashioned networking and human relationships held the floor.
Date: Sep 24, 2024 -
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Lecture to explore the brain's symphony of space, time, and healing , articleMichael Friedlander's talk, “Conducting the Neuro-Symphony in the Brain – Space, Time, and Calcium,” will give people a glimpse of his latest research. The presentation is free and open to the public at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute today. Doors open at 5 p.m. with refreshments and the presentation begins at 5:30 p.m.
Date: Sep 09, 2024 -
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AI projects move forward in collaboration between Virginia Tech, Children’s National Hospital , articlePhysician scientists and researchers from Children’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech will increase efforts to harness artificial intelligence to help children who are struggling with medical conditions.
Date: Aug 26, 2024 -
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Senior health science industry innovation leader joins Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC , articleSally Allain, formerly the Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation JLABS @ Washington, D.C., has been named the chief of health sciences growth and innovation officer with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the Office of Health Sciences and Technology.
Date: Aug 21, 2024 -
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Physician-scientist to spearhead focused ultrasound research for pediatric brain tumors at Virginia Tech , articleCheng-Chia "Fred" Wu joins forces with Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Children’s National Brain Tumor Institute to help children with cancer.
Date: Jul 31, 2024 -
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Federal leaders take center stage at Engineering Cancer Solutions mini-symposium , articleThree federal leaders – one each from the White House, the National Cancer Institute, and the Food and Drug Administration – mixed with Virginia Tech students, early career researchers, and leadership at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center in Washington, D.C.
Date: Jul 12, 2024 -
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Director named for Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Cancer Research Center , articleAn accomplished biomedical engineer who studies the biophysical setting of brain cancer has been named director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s Cancer Research Center in Roanoke
Date: Jul 10, 2024 -
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In memoriam: Maury Strauss, benefactor and a ‘giant’ in history of Roanoke , articleStrauss, a Virginia businessman and supporter of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC since it opened in 2010, passed away on Monday. He was 99.
Date: Jun 27, 2024 -
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Controlling the precise timing of electrical pulses may offer promise for treating mild traumatic brain injury , articleAn awkward beat doesn't help on the dance floor, but it could help people who are recovering from mild traumatic brain injury.
Date: Jun 18, 2024 -
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Focused Ultrasound Foundation names Virginia Tech as a Center of Excellence , articleVirginia Tech becomes the sixth Focused Ultrasound Center of Excellence in the United States and one of only 12 in the world.
Date: Jun 04, 2024 -
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Researchers reveal promising treatment target for resistant brain cancer , articleFor many patients with a deadly type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, chemotherapy resistance is a big problem. But now, Virginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC may have moved a step closer to a solution.
Date: May 17, 2024 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Virginia Tech shine as innovations receive TechNite acclaim , articleThe Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council’s TechNite awards turned a spotlight on translational research taking place at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and throughout the region.
Date: May 15, 2024 -
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Testing for residual cancer cells before blood cell transplant therapy is important and practical, new study finds , articlePatients in remission after battling blood cancer are likely to have better outcomes if no trace of the cancer is detectable before the patients receive donor blood cells. The finding in JAMA Oncology emphasizes the importance of testing for lingering cancer cells in the body after people receive apparently successful chemotherapy treatment.
Date: May 02, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech professor to be inducted into prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation , articleChristopher Hourigan, director of the Cancer Research Center – D.C., has been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, a historic membership for a faculty member of Virginia Tech.
Date: Apr 04, 2024 -
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Eminent cancer physician-scientist joins Virginia Tech to lead research in Washington, D.C. , articleA National Institutes of Health senior investigator who studies and treats blood cancer, Christopher Hourigan is joining Virginia Tech to lead cancer research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Washington, D.C.
Date: Apr 01, 2024 -
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Community tunes in to learn about ‘The Craving Brain: Food and Drugs’ during Brain School , articleNearly 200 people packed into the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC during Brain Awareness Week activities in March for exhibits, tours, talks, brain-healthy food and programming around brain science and its role in helping people lead healthier lives.
Date: Mar 21, 2024 -
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Jennifer Munson to be inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows , articleMunson, a biomedical engineer and associate professor of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, joins a group of the nation’s top biological and medical engineers.
Date: Mar 20, 2024 -
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Unveiling a hidden threat: Researchers show viral infections pose early heart risks , articleFralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists challenge traditional assumptions and open a new window to help people with cardiac infections.
Date: Mar 07, 2024 -
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First-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals working to influence social behavior , articleFor the first time, researchers show decisions made in a social context may spring from the dynamic interactions of dopamine and serotonin.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 -
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Low-intensity ultrasound shows promise as a noninvasive approach to alleviate pain , articleIn a Journal of Neuroscience study, Virginia Tech scientists demonstrated the effectiveness of using low-intensity focused ultrasound to modulate activity in a critical region in the brain that processes and regulates pain signals.
Date: Feb 19, 2024 -
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From healthy development to cancer treatments, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists aim for impact , articleNew Seale Innovation Fund projects fuel a broad spectrum of research focused on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, stress, brain development, and more.
Date: Jan 29, 2024 -
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Biomedical innovations shine in high-stakes Hokie Pitch event , articleGraduate students present innovative solutions in respiratory care, pediatric heart interventions, and neurological disorder monitoring at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's event.
Date: Dec 11, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech faculty inducted as Biomedical Engineering Society fellows , articleFellows are nominated by their peers and selected by a panel based on their professional achievements and contributions to the biomedical engineering community.
Date: Dec 06, 2023 -
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Eminent scientists say a child-centric approach is the blueprint to improve communities , articleCommunities can prosper by providing attentive education and social services to their youngest residents — but the challenge is for leaders to work together, according to scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.
Date: Dec 04, 2023 -
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New cancer drug shows promise in targeting genetic weakness in tumors, Virginia Tech expert says , articleIn an invited review article in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, Kathleen Mulvaney, assistant professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, talks about the potential of a new drug that has shown early promise in clinical trials for solid tumors by killing cancer cells that lack specific genes.
Date: Nov 01, 2023 -
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Researchers use pioneering new method to unlock brain’s noradrenaline system , articleAn international team of researchers has provided valuable insights into the brain’s noradrenaline system, which has been a longtime target for medications to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Date: Oct 23, 2023 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute spinoff company partnering with UVA Health to improve screening for opioid use disorder , articleBEAM Diagnostics Inc., a behavioral health company that sprung from research from Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded a $1.84 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to commercialize its technology to improve assessment of opioid use disorder in outpatient medical clinics.
Date: Sep 19, 2023 -
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Landmark $50 million gift to dramatically expand health sciences research at Virginia Tech , articleThe Richmond-based Red Gates Foundation committed $50 million to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to accelerate health sciences research at Virginia Tech. The gift is among the largest ever made to the university.
Date: Sep 12, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech outlines ambitious strategy to spearhead cancer research and elevate university's global standing , articleThe university is mustering its scientists and engineers behind a new strategy to help families who are struggling with cancer, a disease that occurs in almost 2 million people and claims more than 600,000 lives annually in the United States.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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Children's National Hospital, Virginia Tech unite to advance AI for pediatric health , articleScientists shared their progress in building digital twins to predict surgical outcomes, enhancing visualization to increase the precision of delicate interventions, establishing data command centers to anticipate risks for fragile patients, and more.
Date: Jul 07, 2023 -
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Therapy framework reveals promise for intensive pediatric rehabilitation for children with motor disabilities , articleVirginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have demonstrated that children with a wide range of diagnoses that affect their motor function improve after receiving intensive pediatric rehabilitation called ACQUIRE Therapy.
Date: Jun 16, 2023 -
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Cancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in children , articleVirginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance innovators with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the College of Engineering have joined a Children’s National Hospital-led effort to treat deadly brain tumors with ultrahigh frequency sound waves.
Date: May 19, 2023 -
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Scientists discover brain circuit underlying spontaneous synchronized movement of individuals in groups , articleIndividual fish in schools scatter in unison when a predator is in their midst. Precisely coordinated group movements and immobility during threats have long been observed in insects and mammals. Now, for the first time, a brain pathway has been discovered that enables individual animals to rapidly coordinate a unified response with no rehearsal required.
Date: May 15, 2023 -
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Researchers associate early life stress with pro-inflammatory processes later in life during pregnancy , articleWomen who experienced high stress during childhood and adolescence may be preset for inflammation during pregnancy, according to Sharon Landesman Ramey of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Mar 28, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech leaders explore issues of trust in science during high profile Research!America panel discussion , articleThe National Academy of Sciences panel, moderated by Donna Shalala, a former U.S. secretary of health and human services and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, featured leaders of research, academia, and industry including Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Executive Director Michael Friedlander and health care executive Heywood Fralin.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
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Robert Gourdie named senior member of the National Academy of Inventors , articleFor the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC professor, thinking about important questions leads to innovations that can improve lives.
Date: Feb 14, 2023 -
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Biomedical innovations take stage during 'Shark Tank’-style pitch competition , articleStudents dig deep into innovation during 2022 Health Sciences and Technology Hokie Pitch at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Dec 20, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech achievers receive top Southwest Virginia Business Hall of Fame honors , articleBusiness leader Sandra Davis and Virginia Tech Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology and neuroscientist Michael Friedlander were inducted as 2022 laureates of the Southwest Virginia Business Hall of Fame. In addition, Robert Gourdie, a heart reparative medicine scientist, accepted the organization's 2022 Entrepreneur Award.
Date: Dec 01, 2022 -
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Center for Inclusion opens for students in Roanoke , articleThe Fralin Biomedical and Research Institute at VTC, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology cut a ceremonial ribbon Aug. 18 to open their new Center for Inclusion. In the spirit of InclusiveVT, the center is designed as an inviting and inclusive space where individuals can celebrate diversity and learn from one another.
Date: Aug 30, 2022 -
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Global leader in cellular exercise research joins Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC , articleA top scientist who studies the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms through which exercise provides unmatched health benefits is joining Virginia Tech to lead research to preserve good health and prevent disease. Zhen Yan, an international molecular exercise and physiology researcher, will become the inaugural director of the new Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Center for Exercise Medicine Research.
Date: Aug 24, 2022 -
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Leading addiction expert: proposed FDA nicotine rule likely to help more people quit smoking , article“Nicotine is the driving force of addictive quality of cigarettes," said Warren Bickel, a Virginia Tech professor of psychology and director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. "Reduction of nicotine will render cigarettes less rewarding, which may help people quit smoking or cause them to use a less harmful forms of nicotine.”
Date: Jun 23, 2022 -
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New data revealed about the origin of the circulatory system during development , articleResearchers are closer to understanding the earliest beginnings of the circulatory system during embryonic development. The discovery could lead to ways to repair damage in the human body after a stroke or heart attack.
Date: May 17, 2022 -
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Surprising discovery about nature of CASK gene disorders may influence potential treatments , articleFralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists determine CASK gene disorder is defined by damage to neurons, not the developmental course of the disease.
Date: Feb 18, 2022 -
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How we view the future may hold key to recovery from alcohol use disorder , articleIn a study in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC suggest that modifying the time perspective of people with alcohol use disorder may improve their recoveries.
Date: Jan 27, 2022 -
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Biomedical innovations take center stage during 'Shark Tank'-style pitch competition on HS&T campus , articleThe competition involved students from the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health graduate program, who selected intellectual property, worked with real-world business mentors, and created an entrepreneurial plan to develop and commercialize biomedical discoveries.
Date: Dec 13, 2021 -
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Researchers improve method to map brain cell connectivity in zebrafish , articleThe advance could improve understanding of how the human brain functions.
Date: Oct 28, 2021 -
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TBMH doctoral student crowned first-ever Miss Virginia Volunteer , articleBreana Turner, a first-year student in the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program at Virginia Tech, was recently awarded the title, earning a $10,000 scholarship.
Date: Aug 24, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists tie improved learning processes to reduced symptoms of depression , articleVirginia Tech scientists have identified neural learning processes to be associated with symptoms of depression and linked improvements in these processes to improved symptoms in research participants being treated for depression.
Date: Jul 28, 2021 -
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Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain , articleThrough the Abecedarian Project, an early education, randomized controlled trial that has followed children since 1971, Virginia Tech researchers, including Craig Ramey, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Read Montague, revealed new discoveries about brain structure that have continued through decades.
Date: May 31, 2021 -
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Scientists find dopamine, serotonin have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain , articleIn first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals — dopamine and serotonin — are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action based on their perception.
Date: Oct 12, 2020 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal neural basis of confirmation bias , articleAn international research team comprising neuroscientists at Virginia Tech and the University of London revealed brain mechanisms and functional regions that underlie confirmation bias — a phenomenon where people strongly favor information that reinforces their existing opinions over contradictory ones.
Date: Dec 17, 2019 -
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Biomedical, business, engineering teams set to dive into shark-tank style competition , articleWith a focus on health sciences and technology, the HS&T Hokie Pitch will involve 30 students who have worked with real-world mentors, selected intellectual property, and created an entrepreneurial plan to develop and commercialize biomedical discoveries.
Date: Dec 05, 2019 -
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Children’s National Hospital, Virginia Tech announce partnership for new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus , articleThe campus is an expansion of Children’s National that is located on a nearly 12-acre portion of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and is set to open its first phase in December 2020.
Date: Nov 14, 2019 -
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Researchers find that brain imagery shows difference between knowing or reckless behavior in criminal acts , articleScientists and lawyers speak different languages, but there is common ground. Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists working in a multi-institutional team with legal authorities have discovered that brain imaging can determine whether someone is acting in a state of knowledge about a crime.
Date: Mar 13, 2017 -
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