![<a href="https://news.med.virginia.edu/blog/discovery-about-the-heart-sheds-light-on-deadly-disease/"><b>How the Heart Forms</b><br><br>The researchers, led by Yan Hu, left, and Dr. Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez, were studying how kidneys form when they stumbled upon a gene’s effects on the heart. [learn more]</a>](https://med.virginia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Homepage-Yan-Hu-left-and-Dr-Maria-Luisa-S-Sequeira-Lopez.png)
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![<a href="https://news.med.virginia.edu/blog/6-questions-with-bims-student-mouadh-benamar/"><b>6 Questions with:<br>BIMS Student Mouadh Benamar</b><br><br>UVA students are fascinating. They come from myriad backgrounds and are — in my experience — incredibly selfless, giving, brilliant, and compassionate.<br/>[ learn more here… ]</a>](https://med.virginia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/homepage-1200x400-mouadhBenamar.png)
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