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        <description><![CDATA[ Clair Park and Otto Lanz of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine conducted first-of-their-kind workshops at two universities in South Korea.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An American Heart Association fellowship recognizes Dilruba Yeasmen’s research into an essential signal control that has the potential to inhibit lung scarring. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fralin Biomedical Research Institute neuroscientist is heading to Braitenberg 100 at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, joining the researchers who helped build modern computational neuroscience at a landmark symposium.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Meike van der Heijden found that studying activity in Purkinje cells in the cerebellum is not a reliable substitute for understanding activity in connected but less accessible deep cerebellar nuclei cells.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The beauty and pleasure of birds visiting a residential birdfeeder can belie a hidden danger, as feeders can also spread pathogens among the birds. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers identified a new therapeutic strategy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, that could move beyond delaying the disease to reversing lung scarring. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers say the increased risk of cardiovascular disease after menopause may stem not only from declining hormone levels, but also from how those changes influence gene activity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Students in the School of Design learn to move beyond designing for users to collaborating with them, emphasizing people-first approaches that prioritize partnership and empathy. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Michael Halassa is exploring intricate connections in the brain at the new Virginia Tech Patient Research Center at VTC, where he will conduct patient-based research in a clinical setting. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ By suggesting that some concussions are a result of vibration rather than acceleration, Virginia Tech researchers believe they’ve uncovered a missing link that could lead to a revolution in helmet design, a finding they’ll present April 30 at Tech on Tap in Alexandria. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The university marked a step forward in biomedical innovation in Southwest Virginia with the opening of a clean room facility to produce clinical-grade therapies under federally regulated standards.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Julia Gohlke, who has studied environmental disasters throughout her career, is turning her attention to the storm’s aftermath in regions near and dear to her personal history. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Filling a long-standing gap in clinical science, multi-institutional researchers led by Virginia Tech find good news when comparing movement therapies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ At Virginia Tech, researchers are using real-time sensors, machine learning, and global partnerships to give water managers 30-day forecasts that help safeguard drinking water and ecosystems. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers discovered a way to use nanoparticles to create a vaccine that prevents specific opioids from causing their signature addictive high. They hope this can be used to curb opioid overdose deaths. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Six teams received funding to accelerate innovative, community-engaged research in mental health, rural health, and technology. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A team of Virginia Tech students built a drone to safely collect water samples in Malawi, earning a spot in a United Nations business incubator and drawing interest from UNICEF. Along the way, their training program helped nine Malawian women start their own businesses. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ During the last 15 years, the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has developed a reputation for keeping people safe by empowering them to select the best headgear.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ From solar-powered greenhouses to hydroponic tomatoes engineered for flavor, research from Virginia Tech points to a future where farming happens indoors — powered by light, data, and innovation instead of soil and seasons. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Everyone talks about the veterinarian shortage—but there&#39;s another workforce crisis in veterinary medicine that gets far less attention. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The same condition can have dozens of names across different laboratories, regions, and software systems. A three-person team at the university is the only organization in the world maintaining the standardized terminology that eliminates that ambiguity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As federal policymakers weigh potential changes to how biomedical research is funded and regulated in the United States, Robert Gourdie of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC highlights the importance of preserving the nation’s ability to turn discovery into life saving therapies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With support from a Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship, Md Ruhul Amin is exploring the therapeutic potential of milk-derived exosomes in treating heart attacks and tissue damage. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new therapy uses light to activate drugs that kill microscopic brain cancer cells surgeons can&#39;t see. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ragnar, the ambassador of Oakey&#39;s Funeral Service, has made a turnaround as he continues to fight cancer with the help of the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center.. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new eNeuro study from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute reveals how neurons organize genetic messages that support learning and memory — and what that means for medical conditions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Masoud Agah, executive director for the Virginia Alliance for Semiconductor Technology, received a conceptual patent for a new breathalyzer inspired by the power of a dog’s nose. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Francisco Carvallo teaches outside in the heat to spread veterinary knowledge to Nicaragua and other Latin American countries. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Read Montague of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will share how his group’s pioneering technology measures the release of dopamine, serotonin, and other neurochemicals in the living human brain.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Little is known about how novel viruses like SARS-CoV-2 evolve or conditions like dementia develop at the molecular level, but an artificial intelligence model developed at Virginia Tech helps fill those gaps and generate more accurate maps of the inner landscape. Now, instead of guessing, drug developers can analyze where viruses attach to human proteins and design treatments to block them.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Isaacman-VanWertz, associate professor in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recognized for his pioneering work blending chemistry, engineering, and public health to develop low-cost air quality sensors and empower communities to take action on pollution. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Neuroscientist Sora Shin of the Fralin Biomedical Research received a $3.2 million grant to study how child abuse and neglect rewires the brain. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ New research explains how low levels of the electrolyte sodium in the blood can disrupt the timing of the heartbeat in patients taking widely used rhythm-control medications such as flecainide. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For every careful step forward in cancer research, there is a patient waiting — a family holding its breath in the middle of the night. That reality was clear at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Cancer Research Symposium.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech&#39;s Karen Roberto and Tina Savla conducted the first in-depth examination of this often unnoticed group in caregiving research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor Alaa Algargoosh is pioneering research at Virginia Tech that integrates architecture, neuroscience, and technology to design sound-responsive spaces that enhance well-being, focus, and sustainability. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An essential part of the region’s soil and water health, Virginia farmers have an opportunity to share best practices and influence state planning. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists were able to slow glioblastoma progression in lab and animal studies by targeting treatment-resistant cancer cells. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ More than 250 researchers, practitioners, community leaders, and industry partners gathered in Roanoke for the Whole Health, Whole Communities symposium to address rural health disparities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A veteran fundraiser, McDaniel will lead philanthropic efforts for biomedical research as well as health sciences and technology at Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Faculty are using college-funded research grants to develop innovative, community-focused projects that aim to improve everyday life through creative technology and collaboration. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Frida, a cane corso, lived a joyous life that was extended by treatment at the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center that may help other dogs and people live longer, fuller lives. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Baptista hopes his fascination with these microscopic invaders will drive innovative research that could one day lead to better treatments for animals and humans.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers recently gained a better understanding of hantavirus by studying its rodent hosts in North America using National Science Foundation data.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ De-stressing cuddles and clinical experience are both important for future veterinarians immersed in their studies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Graduate student Blakely Lockhart has been named an Early Career Policy Ambassador by the Society for Neuroscience, the world’s largest organization of brain and nervous system researchers. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Something about a puppy with parvo named Maybelline touched all of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital clinicians who nursed her back to health. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Funding from the National Institutes of Health will allow the team to investigate how a technique called cranial osteopathic manual manipulation might affect brain fluid motion and help balance the autonomic nervous system. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC want to provide investigative targets for other researchers, a framework for therapists, and vital information for parents of children with rare CASK gene mutations. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The energetic 10-year-old dog faced a life-threatening battle with leptospirosis that underscored the importance of evolving vaccine protocols.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The chapter, published in &#34;Appalachian Epidemics: From Smallpox to COVID-19&#34; ties together Korine Kolivras’ research on contributing factors of the spread of Lyme disease in Appalachia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In addition to models failing to recognize 66 percent of injuries for in-hospital mortality prediction, in some instances, the models failed to generate adequate mortality risk scores for all test cases. The study identified similar deficiencies in the responsiveness of five-year breast and lung cancer prognosis models. ]]></description>
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        <title>Gift from animal advocates Karen Waldron and Shawn Ricci ‘transformational’ for Veterinary Teaching Hospital   </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The $4 million gift will lift emergency care to another level for both horses and small pets at the hospital. ]]></description>
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        <title>Whole Health Consortium at Virginia Tech funds teams to tackle community health challenges</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Five multidisciplinary teams received seed grants to develop community-informed solutions for better health.  ]]></description>
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        <title>One in 10 Americans is living with a rare disease </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On Rare Disease Day, we recognize Virginia Tech researchers working to identify, treat, and support patients diagnosed with conditions that individually affect 200,000 or fewer in the U.S. ]]></description>
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        <title>Ira Blader among 65 fellows elected to American Academy of Microbiology </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Blader, head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine researches how parasites interact with their hosts. ]]></description>
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        <title>Novel research reveals how adversity shapes the developing brain and its connection to future health risks</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/kim-spoon-casas-longitudinal-brain-study.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Findings from a longitudinal study led by two Virginia Tech researchers found that negative childhood experiences can lead to delayed brain development in teens and increase the likelihood of future health problems.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Everyday Ut Prosim: How engineering student Omar Almasri serves at the Engagement Center for Creative Aging</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The biological systems engineering senior isn&#39;t just a volunteer at Virginia Tech’s Engagement Center for Creative Aging. For the older adult participants, he&#39;s a dear friend — and the feeling is mutual. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech neuroscientists discover mitochondria’s role in shaping memory circuits</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers have revealed a critical process that supports the brain cells needed for learning, memory, and social recognition. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Eating meals can be a challenge for people with limited mobility. Virginia Tech researchers have created a new robot-friendly utensil to assist. ]]></description>
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        <title>This veterinary alumnus is a &#39;big-picture&#39; thinker </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Taylor Engle oversees millions of animals as a consulting veterinarian and part owner at Four Star Veterinary Service. ]]></description>
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        <title>Get your hands on Bird Bucks this semester</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Learn about the new currency from Hokie Wellness, and learn how to earn yours. ]]></description>
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        <title>How your brain learns from rewards might hold the key to treating depression</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a new study, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists Pearl Chiu and Brooks Casas investigate how brain signals involved in reward learning might help personalize depression treatment. ]]></description>
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        <title>Study maps key stages of immune response to deadly fungal infection</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kirsten Nielsen&#39;s latest research as part of the Center for One Health Research reveals a precise timeline of immune responses that could reshape treatment strategies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The mobile veterinary team from Virginia Tech helps care for animals, including some who help care for humans at a Roanoke Valley clinic. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech public health alumna fills critical role in disease outbreak response</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ January is One Health Awareness Month, and Sydney Spivey explains how education and experience in that concept helps her organize the response to mpox and Marburg. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Abigail Doku will use a Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship to continue her doctoral research into heart failure, the world’s leading cause of death, at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Padma Rajagopalan, industry partner Ramona Optics, and Wake Forest Medical School received a $2.4 million National Institute of Health Small Business Innovation Research grant to design 3D liver organoids using patient derived cells and new microscopy imaging technology.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Translational biology, medicine, and health doctoral student Mona Safari will gather preliminary data to better understand the cellular basis of treatment-resistant seizure disorders in children. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This fall, use the Japanese art of forest bathing to help relieve stress and get outside. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researcher Meagan Brem and her collaborators explore alcohol-fueled intimate partner violence in young bisexual+ couples, a group often overlooked in research.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ryan Purcell, an assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, deploys advanced technology to investigate cellular and molecular neurodevelopment. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Scientists find when menthol is unavailable, smokers may shift to nicotine replacement options, which could have good health benefits. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ SPOCK is the world’s first “miniature” gas chromatograph built with patent-pending technology that analyzes chemical composition and physical properties and delivers real-time results, revolutionizing aerosol work in industry safety, environmental science, and national security. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Pet owners and veterinary professionals make difficult decisions and struggle with grief and fatigue. That&#39;s where a veterinary social worker can help.     ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Not only has E&#39;lisia Davis helped shelter pets become healthier, but she&#39;s given shelter employees resources they can use for years to come.      ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Five faculty members from three departments, one school, and three colleges have been selected for the 2024-25 cohort, receiving up to $10,000 each to develop  research proposals. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Patients who receive drug delivery from a wearable device might struggle with its bulkiness. A new device is under development to solve that problem with funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ While research, development, and high-tech farming tools are being developed at a steady pace, a substantial “valley of death” separates the development of new innovations from the people who need to adopt them. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ One of the first leading scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Bickel was a prolific scholar, innovator, and entrepreneur who leaves a lasting legacy in understanding, preventing, and treating addiction. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a program now in its 17th year, veterinarians explored scientific questions that could impact both animal and human health. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Electrical engineering and neuroscience researchers collaborate on a device that can help understand the effects of cannabis on memory and learning. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The three grants, each driven by a different graduate student, highlight the diverse and impactful research conducted in Caswell&#39;s lab in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Understanding mosquito genetics for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika can lead to better control methods, reducing their spread around the world. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ $2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health made it possible to 3D-print synthetic models, which mimic part of the human brain and could replace the use of animals in developing treatments.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor Niyousha Hosseinichimeh, has partnered with physician researchers at Children’s National Hospital to introduce screenings where there aren’t currently resources for adult populations in need: the pediatric emergency department and the neonatal intensive care unit.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Burst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain barrier.   ]]></description>
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        <title>“New doors will always open”: Nathaniel Tablante retires after 27 years at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After 27 years at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Nathaniel Tablante has retired. He served as associate director of the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, professor, and poultry veterinarian with University of Maryland Extension.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Along with his Argentinean colleagues, Assistant Professor Michael Robert is studying the relationship between climate change and the rise of dengue in temperate regions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Matter, Hsu and his team have created an eco-friendly, blood absorbent biomaterial that improves the performance of menstrual products. Their work was published in the Cell Press journal. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ From the threat of “sextortion” to cybergrooming, children and teens face a growing range of online crimes, and three Virginia Tech researchers are working to make the digital world safer for them. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The collaboration between the Austral University of Chile and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine began in 1996 and has since expanded to other colleges across Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Center for International Research, Education, and Development has assembled a transdisciplinary team from Blacksburg and India to develop a new generation of infrastructure professionals.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 18-month project marks the first time the Helmet Lab will extend its impact by developing a ratings system to evaluate a non-sports helmet. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A recently published paper on a kinase and its importance in triggering cellular responses caps more than 12 years of research for the veterinary college&#39;s Coy Allen. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new paper explores the critical role inland recreational fisheries play in providing affordable nutrition and how climate change threatens access for millions of people globally. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With a groundbreaking technology called nano-optoelectrodes, Virginia Tech associate professor Wei Zhou is working on a new way to make health care more personalized. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Choi talked about the impact of media on young children, shared insights from her research on screen time, and introduced a project that explores the use of artificial intelligence to help children learn to read.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Communities 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor Sumita Mishra explores specific molecular pathways underlying a common form of heart disease that afflicts millions of Americans, predominantly women. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Emma Leslie, a translational biology, medicine and health doctoral student, is focusing on people aged 18 to 25 because ultra-processed foods make up the bulk of their diets. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Associate Professor Xiaoting Jia receives a collaborative National Institutes of Health grant to embed bidirectional fibers in the brainwith the ultimate goal of reversing memory loss caused by Alzheimer&#39;s disease. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the department&#39;s pioneering research to understand how adolescent exposure to opioids may contribute to opioid addiction.  ]]></description>
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