John Lubicky, M.D., chief of pediatric orthopaedics at WVU Medicine Children’s, has performed the state’s first robotic pediatric spinal surgery. The procedure was performed to treat neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to form on nerve tissue, and correct severe scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine.
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As part of an ongoing commitment to battle opioid addiction, the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia University today marked a major milestone, enrolling the first patient in a randomized clinical trial that will test the effectiveness of an injectable non-opioid, non-steroid micropellet to treat sciatica.
Research at West Virginia University will focus on turning carbon dioxide in power plant flue gas into commercial-quality sodium bicarbonate—baking soda—aiming to use product sales to lower the cost of carbon capture technology.
Football season ticket holders and 2018 Mountaineer Athletic Club members can now log in to their account at WVUGAME.com to request priority tickets for the 2018 Big 12 Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
With the win, the Mountaineers advance to the NCAA Championship Second Round to face No. 13-seeded Georgetown on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. ET, in Washington, D.C.
All of those school buses sitting out in the WVU Coliseum parking lot Thursday morning could one day deliver far-reaching benefits to West Virginia University.