A third-year resident at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is working to increase colorectal screening rates in some of Georgia’s poorest and most underserved areas.
Category - Research
High oxidative stress hampers males’ production of powerful blood vessel dilator
Higher levels of oxidative stress in males results in lower levels of a cofactor needed to make the powerful blood vessel dilator...
Probiotic use is a link between brain fogginess, severe bloating
Probiotic use is a link between brain fogginess, severe bloating
Inflammation inhibitor delivered directly to kidneys reverses course of destructive nephritis
Investigators report a manmade antibody delivering a drug that inhibits inflammation can reverse a disease course that often leads to...
New target is an apparent triple threat to pneumonia
New target is an apparent triple threat to pneumonia.
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Gene regulator may contribute to protein pileup in exfoliation glaucoma
Scientists have evidence that variants of the same gene that enables us to make connective tissue by crosslinking proteins is...
Looking at the urine and blood may be best in diagnosing myeloma
Looking at the urine and blood may be best in diagnosing myeloma
New targets found to reduce blood vessel damage in diabetes
New targets found to reduce blood vessel damage in diabetes
MCG students selected to participate in yearlong NIH research program
MCG students selected to participate in yearlong NIH research program
Cyber and IT-related positions in the Augusta metro area grows 16% in a year, study shows
The cybersecurity and IT-related workforce in the Augusta metro area and Fort Gordon increased from 12,716 to 14,765. These workers...
Scientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition
Scientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition.
Novel therapy makes oxidative stress deadly to cancer
Oxidative stress can help tumors thrive, but one way novel cancer treatments work is by pushing levels to the point where it instead...
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
Medical Center receives funding to establish Adrenal Gland Center
When Curt Thompson’s son was diagnosed with a paraganglioma, a tumor from the adrenal gland tissue, he was told that, due to the...
Sullivan selected for two national scientific honors
Sullivan selected for two national scientific honors.
Drug may quell deadly immune response when trauma spills the contents of our cells’ powerhouses
When trauma spills the contents of our cell powerhouses, it can evoke a potentially deadly immune response much like a severe...
Family honors a wife and mother through cancer research donation
A cancer researcher is determined to take a family’s gift and turn it into hope for liver cancer patients. For the family, it’s an...
Scientists work to dissolve the NETs that worsen TBI damage
AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2018) – Immune cells that are first responders to a traumatic brain injury appear to also contribute to the...
New grant to help research compound to treat colorectal cancer
A team of three Georgia Cancer Center researchers is taking the next step towards finding a future treatment option for colorectal...
Scientists seek to better protect the eye from glaucoma
Dr. Kathryn Bollinger, ophthalmologist, glaucoma specialist and retinal cell biologist, is working on protections from glaucoma.