Oxidative stress can help tumors thrive, but one way novel cancer treatments work is by pushing levels to the point where it instead helps them die, scientists report.
Category - Research
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...
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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.
How to solve ‘wicked’ problems with user innovation
What are "wicked" problems, and how do we solve them? One hint: User innovation is key.
Protective protein activated by vitamin K found, inactive, abundant in African-Americans on dialysis
High levels of a protein activated by vitamin K and associated with cardiovascular disease when it isn’t, has been found in the blood...
New pulmonary hypertension treatment target in the bull’s-eye
A new and early target for treating pulmonary hypertension appears to be an enzyme that’s normally key to energy production but...
Novel cancer vaccine strategy blocks death of tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells
New research published in Cancer Immunology Research by Drs. Esteban Celis and Hussein Sultan of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta...
SWAT team of immune cells found in mother’s milk
Immune cells that are ready to take action against invaders like bacteria have been found in women’s breast milk, researchers say.
5 times the Children’s Hospital of Georgia made children’s lives better
From allergies to sickle cell anemia to diabetes, research at Augusta University is paving the way for kids to lead healthier lives.
Johnson selected as chair of MCG Department of Radiology
Dr. Annette J. Johnson of Wake Forest University School of Medicine has been selected as chair of the Medical College of Georgia...
Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease
This pantry staple may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
Compound improves stroke outcome by reducing lingering inflammation
An experimental compound appears to improve stroke outcome by reducing the destructive inflammation that can continue months after a...
Student turns a year’s worth of trash into art exhibition
Research meets art in Avalyn Zilke's senior art exhibition, now on display at the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art.
Antioxidant therapy may reduce increased cardiovascular risk of young women with type 1 diabetes
The high estrogen levels that typically afford younger women protection from cardiovascular disease appear to instead multiply their...