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Take a peek inside the new VTC Biomedical Research Addition
The state-of-the-art 149,000-square-foot facility will be home to more than 20 additional teams of Virginia Tech biomedical researchers specializing in cardiovascular research, obesity and metabolism, body-device interfaces, cancer, and more. Slated for a grand opening in fall 2020, the building also features a green roof, classrooms, wet and dry labs, offices, and a LINAC particle accelerator to help pets with cancer. Stay tuned for more updates as construction nears completion this spring!
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New Virginia Tech startup seeks to use nano-capsules derived from milk to deliver heart drug
Good things come in small packages. Launched by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Robert Gourdie, The Tiny Cargo Co. will package vital heart medicine in nano-containers extracted from cow’s milk. Read More
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Scientists explore new method to help people with alcohol use disorder
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists led by Warren Bickel and Stephen LaConte have received a $3.45 million National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health grant to study a new approach to understand the decision-making of alcohol use and abuse. Read More
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists shed light on surprising visual development patterns
In a new study published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of neuroscientists reveal a surprising clue about how the brain's visual processing system forms during early brain development. Read More
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Neuroscientists reveal neural basis of confirmation bias
Published in Nature Neuroscience, this study provides insight into a fundamental property of belief formation that has been documented by psychologists and economists, as well as in popular literature, including George Orwell’s “1984.” People tend to disregard information that conflicts with their past choices, no matter how authoritative or factual the new information may be. Read More
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