Search for tag: "brain"
Focusing on ultrasound research at Virginia TechThree Virginia Tech faculty members talk about their approaches to a wide range of Focused Ultrasound research. The university's overarching vision is to push the boundaries of Focused…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
28 plays
|
|
Community tunes in to learn about ‘The Craving Brain: Food and Drugs’ during Brain SchoolNearly 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…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
36 plays
|
|
It’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapyAfter experiencing a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body, Keya Shapiro found a home at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
306 plays
|
|
Landmark $50 million gift to dramatically expand health sciences research at Virginia TechThe Richmond, Virginia-based Red Gates Foundation recently committed $50 million to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to accelerate health sciences research at Virginia Tech. The gift…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
318 plays
|
|
2023 Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance RetreatAligning Researchers with ResourcesThe second annual Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance Retreat was held May 24 and 25 on the Children's National Research and Innovation Campus in…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
149 plays
|
|
Cancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in childrenExperts from Children's National, Virginia Tech, and Columbia University join forces to explore new tactics to fight lethal childhood brain cancer.
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
315 plays
|
|
Human Stem Cell and Gene Therapy March 16, 2023Novel treatments for human diseases involve the use of human gene or stem cell therapy. This course will discuss the basics of human stem cells and gene therapy and the status of the current…
From Leland Shelton
0 likes
3 plays
|
|
Playing with the Boys: How Women Reinvented Science Fiction March 16, 2023From the 1930s through the 1970s, male authors writing for an audience primarily composed of boys and men dominated the science fiction scene. But women writers have long been interested in science…
From Leland Shelton
0 likes
8 plays
|
|
Brain School 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteAn annual Brain Awareness Week campaign hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC that included brain-healthy foods, hands-on exploration, and short seminars by Virginia Tech brain…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
230 plays
|
|
Brain School: Is the brain able to change or am I wired this way for life?Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
51 plays
|
|
Brain School: Can the brain be changed without surgery?Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
48 plays
|
|
Brain School: Is the electricity in my brain the same thing that powers my phone?Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
33 plays
|
|
Brain School: What's going on inside your brain when you're dreaming?Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
34 plays
|
|
Playing with the Boys: How Women Reinvented Science Fiction March 9, 2023From the 1930s through the 1970s, male authors writing for an audience primarily composed of boys and men dominated the science fiction scene. But women writers have long been interested in science…
From Leland Shelton
0 likes
8 plays
|
|
Virginia Tech researcher’s 3D model of brain tumor environment could aid personalized treatmentJennifer Munson and her research team’s model of the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment could help with understanding why the cancer is so resistant to treatment and so often returns after…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
306 plays
|
|
Scientists at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute develop new strategy for brain cancer treatmentIn a new study published in Oncogenesis, Zhi Sheng and Rob Gourdie of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC describe how two protein-targeting drugs – when combined with chemotherapy…
From Clayton Metz
0 likes
226 plays
|