Roanoke Valley health leaders and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) met for a roundtable talk at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on Wednesday.

A Rockbridge County native is making waves in the medical field, researching how to better heal wounds in arteries after heart surgery.

The $90-million proposal to fund a “Virginia’s Research Triangle” would include Roanoke-based Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.

Thanks to a $50 million donation, Virginia Tech will be able to advance health sciences research that could help save millions of lives worldwide.

February 28 is national Rare Disease Day. The lights on Roanoke's Wells Fargo Tower will chance colors to draw attention to rare disease, while researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC chip away at answers to diseases that impact up to 30 million Americans.

Junior Achievement of Southwest Virginia is awarding the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award to Dr. Robert Gourdie at the Fralin Biomedical Institute at VTC for his groundbreaking research on how to use tiny particles in milk to deliver medicine in the body.

The Roanoke Valley continues to be a leader in medical research and education as Virginia Tech and Carilion officially opened the $90-million, 139,000-square-foot Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion.

ROANOKE, Va. – A new study to help people find long-term recovery pathways for opioid use disorder is bringing together researchers from Virginia Tech Carilion’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and pharmaceutical company Indivor. Experts said there's not a good understanding of the best ways to achieve long-term recovery and a healthy life for people suffering from opioid use disorder. "Do they go successfully into recovery or do some need additional treatment? Well, that's a big question mark and I know that a lot of people who have relatives and loved ones who have been impacted by the opioid crisis would like to know this type of information," said Dr. Warren Bickel, director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute. Researchers also hope the study will show how successful treatment can reduce the economic burden of opioid use disorder.