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research 1:24 Cardiovascular scientists to explore viral infection that can lead to sudden death

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Clayton Metz

16 Nov 2022 414

James Smyth, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover why viruses that normally infect our lungs can turn deadly when they infect the heart.