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        <description><![CDATA[ In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers led by Yassine Sassi of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute found that elevated levels of microRNA-224 promoted abnormal cell growth in the lungs’ blood vessels, contributing to disease.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC identified a protein that helps keep lung blood vessels healthy. Restoring the protein in preclinical models reversed key features of a rare disease that causes dangerously high blood pressure in the lungs. ]]></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[ Samar Antar, a postdoctoral associate with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will use the Career Development Award to identify new therapeutic targets for the progressive, irreversible lung disease. ]]></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[ The awards will help Karthi Sreedevi and Samar Antar advance their academic careers while conducting research related to cardiovascular disease. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new Postdoctoral Excellence Award from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will help fuel Samar Antar’s research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The daylong retreat at The Hotel Roanoke &amp; Conference Center and on the research institute campus included presentations by research teams about their lab’s key techniques, competencies, and equipment. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jessica Pfleger and Yassine Sassi, who joined Virginia Tech this summer, brought with them American Heart Associated-funded research projects. Pfleger studies insulin resistance in the heart, and Sassi studies pulmonary arterial hypertension. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Yassine Sassi will join the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on Aug. 1 as an assistant professor, where he will continue his research into pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis. ]]></description>
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