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Myles Kim, PhD (UVA) & Katrin Nitz, PhD (Mayo) have been awarded a mini-grant of $50,000 for their work in developing a tissue/disease-specific training model in atherosclerotic plaques.

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Myles M. Kim, PhD The LeDucq CHECKPOINT ATHERO aims to characterize the cell type specific immune checkpoint (IC) expression profiles during atherogenesis. Transcriptomics of atherosclerotic plaques helps detail mechanistic IC signaling pathways. Recently, single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) has become an integral … Read More
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Jeffrey Wilson MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy Department of Medicine and his collaborator, Corinne Keet MD, PhD from UNC have been awarded a $4.1M NIH grant to study common food allergens and their potential association with cardiovascular disease.

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Food allergies that result in noticeable symptoms, such as hives, swelling or anaphylaxis, are relatively uncommon. However, nearly 1 in 5 adults are ‘silently’ producing IgE antibodies to food allergens without showing any overt symptoms.  Recent work by Wilson and … Read More