Another wonderful recognition of Jonathan Kipnis’ latest work: The National Institutes of Health has named his discovery about the role of the brain’s cleaning system in aging and Alzheimer’s disease one of 2018’s most promising medical advances.
Forbes has featured a recent discovery by our Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, in its year-end list of “Groundbreaking Research in 2018 That Furthered the Study of Alzheimer’s, Cancer and Blood Pressure.”
Is juicing good for you? Our Heather Ferris, MD, PhD, weighs in in this interesting article from BBC Future. (Link in article.)
his just in: The federal Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of focused ultrasound for tremor associated with Parkinson's disease. This follows clinical trials led by our Jeff Elias, MD.
Anindya Dutta and his colleagues have identified a substance that is essential for the sexually transmitted virus to cause cancer. That discovery could lead to new treatments for HPV cancers.
Our Children’s Hospital has been named a Certified Duchenne Care Center by Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a nonproft organization working to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We're the first Certified Duchenne Care Center in Virginia and the 22nd in the country.