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Digestive
specialists at the University of Virginia Health
System have found that a protein called TL1A
plays an important role in the development of
inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. Their findings
may give researchers a new target for future
therapies for Crohn's disease, which affects
about one million people in North America. The
research, with colleagues at the Alexander Fleming
Biomedical Sciences Research Center in Vari,
Greece, is published in the May 12 online edition
of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(PNAS). Full
story
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 Racer-turned-filmmaker
John W. Warner IV (right), who retired
from racing in 2001, returns
to the sport with a major documentary chronicling
the early and unsung decades of NASCAR history. "The
Golden Era of NASCAR," Warner’s four-and-a-half
hour documentary, premiered last October at Charlottesville’s
Virginia Film Festival. Warner’s
passion for racing began while he was still an
undergrad at U.Va, roaring his "hot rod" down
Charlottesville streets. His father, U.S. Sen.
John W. Warner (Law ’53), warned him, "You’re
a good driver, but you’re going to kill yourself." Following
his father’s advice, Warner went on to racing
school, then to a series of amateur wins and top-10
finishes among the pros. Full
story
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