The immune system is both a source of malignancies and a tool for cancer therapy. The Immunology/Immunotherapy Program (IMM) supports basic and clinical research to increase the understanding and control of the immune response to cancer. Immunotherapy has great potential as a new way to fight cancer. Learn from Dr. Lawrence Lum, a UVA researcher, about his work to harness the body’s immune system to battle cancer.

Tears of the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, happen frequently among athletes. How can athletes reduce their risk for ACL injuries? If they do injure their ACL, what is the typical recovery period?

Learn more from Dr. Mark Miller, a UVA orthopedic surgeon whose specialties include ACL injuries.

UVA will be part of a unique national trial examining the best medication for treating epileptic seizures.

Learn more about the trial, and how it differs from most clinical trials from Dr. J. Stephen Huff, a UVA specialist in epilepsy.

Why is it so important to continue working to reduce the teen pregnancy rate? How and when should parents discuss this with their children?

Learn more from Dr. Nancy McLaren, a UVA pediatrician who specializes in caring for teens.

Sperm passes from the testes to the penis in tubes called the vas deferens. A vasectomy is a surgery that blocks these tubes. This makes a man unable to make a woman pregnant.

Get answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about vasectomies from Ryan P Smith, MD, a UVA expert in male reproductive medicine and men’s health.

About 210 million men worldwide suffer from symptoms such as frequent or painful urination caused by an enlarged prostate, or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

A clinical trial at UVA is examining a non-surgical procedure for these symptoms called prostatic artery embolization.

Learn more about the trial from Ziv J. Haskal, MD, a UVA specialist in interventional radiology.

What are the most important steps a woman can take to have a healthy pregnancy both for them and their baby?

Learn more from Vanessa H Gregg, MD., a UVA expert in pregnancy and childbirth.

What are some of the most common symptoms of head and neck cancer?

What treatment options are available?

Learn more from Paul W. Read, MD, a UVA Cancer Center expert in head and neck cancer.

How soon is too soon for kids to specialize in a single sport?

What are the benefits of playing multiple sports?

Learn more from Winston Gwathmey, Jr., MD., a UVA expert in sports medicine?

A pulmonary embolism is a blockage of an artery in the lungs.

The embolism prevents blood and nourishment from getting to a specific area of the lungs.

This may lead to the death of lung tissue in this area.

Damage to the lungs may make it difficult for the lungs to work properly.

In severe cases, a pulmonary embolism can lead to death.

Learn more from Dr. Aditya Sharma, a UVA specialist in aneurysms and vascular disease.