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A new, incision-free technique developed at UVA Health to treat debilitating brain lesions called cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) has shown great promise in early testing, halting the growth of the lesions almost entirely. The new approach could represent a paradigm shift in how CCMs are treated, the researchers say. The technique uses tiny, gas-filled “microbubbles” […]

UVA Health scientists are calling for clinical trials testing the potential of HIV drugs called NRTIs to prevent Alzheimer’s disease after discovering that patients taking the drugs are substantially less likely to develop the memory-robbing condition. The researchers, led by UVA’s Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, previously identified a possible mechanism by which the drugs could prevent […]