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WVU in the News: RSV medication gains FDA approval with help from WVU experts
Monday, August 7, 2023
A new RSV medication has gained FDA approval, thanks to some medical experts at West Virginia University.Read WVU in the News: RSV medication gains FDA approval with help from WVU experts full story
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WVU breaks record for externally supported expenditures, underscoring research commitment
Monday, August 7, 2023
West Virginia University, the state’s flagship, land-grant R1 institution, reported a record $231 million in externally supported expenditures, which are mainly designated for research, for fiscal year 2023. -
WVU names 2023 class of Ruby Fellows
Monday, August 7, 2023
Five students, each deeply passionate about their education and research, are receiving funding from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows program to aid in their future academic endeavors at West Virginia University. -
WVU in the News: Officials keeping an eye on uptick of COVID cases
Friday, August 4, 2023
Though the pandemic is officially over, Dr. Clay Marsh continues to track COVID-19 cases.Read WVU in the News: Officials keeping an eye on uptick of COVID cases full story
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WVU in the News: How the ‘groundbreaking’ Henrietta Lacks settlement could change research
Friday, August 4, 2023
Earlier this week, the biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific reached a settlement with the family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman who had cells taken from her without consent more than 70 years ago. The cervical cancer cells, removed during Lacks’s treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, were shared widely because of their ability to survive and divide indefinitely in the laboratory — and have led to numerous scientific discoveries. Eventually, they made their way into the hands of companies such as Thermo Fisher in Waltham, Massachusetts, which sells products derived from the cells.